Nataliya Davydova

Nataliya Anatoliyivna Davydova (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Давидова) (born 22 July 1985 in Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union)^[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter.

Nataliya Davydova

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 40) Sherlovaya Gora, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 69 kg World Championships 2007 Chiang Mai – 69 kg European Championships 2006 Wladyslawowo – 69 kg 2005 Sofia – 69 kg 2007 Strasbourg – 69 kg

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 Junior World Championships, with a total of 233 kg.^[1]

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 7th in the 69 kg category,^[1] and at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 4th in the same category, lifting a total of 237 kg.^[2]

Davydova won bronze medal at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category, with a total of 244 kg.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she was initially awarded the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, with a total of 250 kg.^[1] On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified Davydova from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.^[3]