Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova (Russian: Наталья Викторовна Назарова, born May 26, 1979, Moscow) is a track and field sprinter.
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Biography
She was born in Moscow, USSR. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th. She won a silver medal in the relay run and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships.
On January 8, 2004, Natalya Nazarova broke the sixteen-year-old indoor world record for the rarely run 500 metres in a time of 1:07.36, that had been set by Olga Nazarova (no relation).
Major achievements
1998
World Junior Championships - Annecy, France.
400 m gold medal
4 × 400 m relay silver medal
1999
World Championships - Seville, Spain.
4 × 400 m relay gold medal
World Indoor Championships - Maebashi, Japan.
4 × 400 m relay gold medal
2000
European Indoor Championships - Ghent, Belgium.
400 m silver medal
2002
Russian Championships - Cheboksary.
400 m silver medal
2003
World Championships - Paris, France.
4 × 400 m relay silver medal
World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
400 m gold medal
4 × 400 m relay gold medal
Russian Championships - Tula.
400 m gold medal
Russian Indoor Championships
400 m gold medal
2004
World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
400 m gold medal
4 × 400 m relay gold medal in world record 3:23.88
Russian Championships - Tula.
400 m gold medal
Russian Indoor Championships
400 m gold medal in national record 49.68 s.
2006
World Indoor Championships - Moscow, Russia.
4 × 400 m relay gold medal