Natalia Ivanovna Sadova
Natalja Iwanowna Sadowa ( Russian: Наталья Ивановна Садова , English transcription Natalya Sadova , née Koptjuch ; born June 15, 1972 in Gorki ) is a Russian discus thrower .
She won the gold medal in her discipline at the Athens Olympic Games . Three years earlier, at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton , she had also won the competition, but was disqualified in March 2005 because she was proven to have too high a caffeine level . Elina Swerawa then became world champion .
Because of a doping violation , Natalia Sadova was banned from participating in competitions by the International Athletics Federation IAAF for a period of two years (July 7, 2006 to July 6, 2008). In a doping test after a competition on May 28, 2006, the anabolic steroid Metandienone was shown to be too high .
Successes in detail
- 1996, Olympic Games Atlanta : 2nd place (66.48 m)
- 1997, World Championships Athens : 3rd place (65.14 m)
- 1998, European Championships Budapest : 2nd place (66.94 m)
- 2001, World Championships Edmonton : 1st place (68.57 m) (later disqualified)
- 2002, European Championships Munich : 2nd place (64.12 m)
- 2004, Olympic Games Athens : 1st place (67.02 m)
- 2005, World Championships Helsinki : 2nd place (64.33 m)
Web links
- Natalya Sadova in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Natalja Ivanovna Sadowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ IAAF: Doping Rule Violation ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 24, 2006
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SURNAME | Sadova, Natalia Ivanovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Садова, Наталья Ивановна (Russian); Sadova, Natalya (English transcription); Koptjuch, Natalja Ivanovna (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian discus thrower and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorky |