Natalia Duco

Natalia Duco Soler (born 31 January 1989) is a Chilean shot putter.

Duco finished fourth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, twelfth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.

Duco's personal best throw (and Chilean national record) is 18.80 metres, achieved in August 2012 at the London Olympics, where she qualified for the final, placing seventh.

She also reached the final of the 2016 Olympic Games.

In 2018 she was suspended for four years for consuming a banned substance, GHRP-6. She returned to competition in 2022.

Personal bests Shot put: 18.80 m – London, United Kingdom, 6 August 2012

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