Natalya Nazarova

Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova (Наталья Викторовна Назарова, born May 26, 1979, Moscow) is a track and field sprinter.

She was born in Moscow. 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