Natalya Nazarova

Natalya Nazarova
Nazarova at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.
Personal information
Born May 26, 1979
Moscow
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Women's athletics
Event 4 × 400 metres relay

Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova (Russian: 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