Natalia Zabolotnaya

Zabolotnaya in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Natalya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1985-08-15) 15 August 1985 (age 38) Salsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Years active	2003-
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	75 kg
Club	Rostov Army
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 135 kg (2011, WR) Clean & Jerk: 161 kg (2011) Total: 296 kg (2011, WR)
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 75 kg Disqualified 2012 London – 75 kg World Championships 2005 Doha 75 kg 2007 Chiang Mai 75 kg 2010 Antalya 75 kg European Championships 2003 Loutraki 75 kg 2006 Władysławowo 75 kg 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro 75 kg 2009 Bucharest 75 kg 2010 Minsk 75 kg 2011 Kazan 75 kg
Updated on 22 November 2016.

Natalya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya (Russian: Наталья Александровна Заболотная; born 15 August 1985) is a Russian weightlifter.^[1][2]

Career

Zabolotnaya competed in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won the silver medal, lifting 272.5 kg in total. The result qualified as a world record, but it was also achieved by Pawina Thongsuk, who won the competition. Zabolotnaya won a gold medal in the 75 kg weightclass at the 2010 European Championship.

She originally was awarded the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. This result was an Olympic record, which was also achieved by Svetlana Podobedova who was awarded a medal the competition by virtue of lighter bodyweight, though Podobedova's medal was also subsequently stripped of her medal due to doping. Zabolotnaya's 131 kg snatch was a (later nullified due to doping-related cheating) Olympic record.

In November 2016, Zabolotnaya was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal after her drug sample tested positive.^[3]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2004	Athens, Greece	75 kg	120	125	127.5	1	142.5	147.5	152.5	2	272.5
2012	London, United Kingdom	75 kg	125	128	131	1	147	155	160	2	291	DSQ (2nd)
World Championships
2005	Doha, Qatar	75 kg	123	127	130		148	153	155		285
2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	75 kg	124	127	131		150	155	155		281
2010	Antalya, Turkey	75 kg	128	133	133		153	160	163		293
European Championships
2003	Loutraki, Greece	75 kg	102.5	107.5	107.5		127.5	132.5	135		240
2006	Wladyslawowo, Poland	75 kg	122	127	131		145	151	160		278
2008	Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy	75 kg	118	123	127		135	140	141		264
2009	Bucharest, Romania	75 kg	112	118	120		140	145	--		265
2010	Minsk, Belarus	75 kg	122	127	129		150	156	--		285
2011	Kazan, Russia	75 kg	128	133	--		153	158	158		286
World Junior Championships
2002	Havířov, Czech Republic	69 kg	95	100	102.5	5	110	115	120	5	215	5
IWF GRAND PRIX
2011	Belgorod, Russia	75 kg	125	135	136	1	150	150	161	1	296