Tamara Podpalnaya

Tamara Podpalnaya (born January 3, 1972) is a Russian Paralympic powerlifter.^[1][2] She has represented Russia at the Paralympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and in 2012.^{[citation needed]} Tamara Podpalnaya has won a tally of 4 medals including 2 gold and silver medals for Russia in the Paralympic event since making her debut in the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Melbourne.^[3]

Tamara Podpalnaya

Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1972-01-03) January 3, 1972 (age 53)
Spouse	Andrey Podpalny
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Paralympic powerlifting
Disability	short stature
Event	52 kg - 61 kg
Coached by	Andrey Podpalny
Medal record Women's powerlifting Representing  Russia Summer Paralympics Sydney 2000 52 kg Athens 2004 52 kg Beijing 2008 52 kg London 2012 52 kg IPC Powerlifting World Championships Kuala Lumpur 2002 52 kg Kuala Lumpur 52 kg Busan 2006 56 kg 2021 Tbilisi 55 kg IPC European Powerlifting Championships Europe 2013 55 kg Europe 2015 55 kg

Biography

She took the sport of powerlifting in 1997 soon after becoming a mother at the age of 23. She was married to Andrey Podpalny who is a weightlifter and a professional powerlifting coach. Her husband has been coaching the powerlifting sport for her since 1997 after giving birth to a daughter. Her daughter, Uliana Podpalnaya is a Para athlete who has also won a bronze medal in the 2016 IPC European Athletics shot put event.^[4] Tamara also holds the title of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR.^[5]

In 2021, she won the bronze medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.^[6][7]