Natalya Zabolotnaya

Natalia Zabolotnaya
	Zabolotnaya in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya
Nationality	Russian
Born	15 August 1985 (age 39); 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
World Championships
European Championships
	Updated on 22 November 2016

Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya (Template:Lang-ru; born 15 August 1985) is a Russian weightlifter.

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.^[1]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	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	Havirov, 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