Nataliya Davydova

Nataliya Anatoliyivna Davydova (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Давидова) (born July 22, 1985 in Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter.

Nataliya Davydova

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-22) July 22, 1985 Sherlovaya Gora, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR
Medal record Women’s Weightlifting Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 69 kg World Championships 2007 Chiang Mai – 69 kg European Championships 2006 Wladyslawowo – 69 kg 2005 Sofia – 69 kg 2007 Strasbourg – 69 kg

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 Junior World Championships, with a total of 233 kg.[1]

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 7th in the 69 kg category,[1] and at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 4th in the same category, lifting a total of 237 kg.[2]

Davydova won bronze medal at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category, with a total of 244 kg.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she was initially awarded the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, with a total of 250 kg.[1] On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified Davydova from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[3]

Notes and references

1. "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
2. "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
3. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

• Athlete Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived August 10, 2008) at beijing2008