Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova 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 did get a silver in the relay.
She 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 m in a time of 1:07.36. that had been set by Olga Nazarova.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
