Natalia Zabolotnaya

Natalya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya (; born 15 August 1985) is a Russian weightlifter.

Career Zabolotnaya competed in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won the silver medal, lifting 272.5 kg in total. The result qualified as a world record, but it was also achieved by Pawina Thongsuk, who won the competition. Zabolotnaya won a gold medal in the 75 kg weight class at the 2010 European Championship.

She originally was awarded the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. This result was an Olympic record, which was also achieved by Svetlana Podobedova who was awarded the gold medal in the competition by virtue of lighter bodyweight, though Podobedova was subsequently stripped of her medal due to doping. Zabolotnaya's 131 kg snatch was a (later also nullified due to doping-related cheating) Olympic record.

In November 2016, Zabolotnaya was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal after her drug sample came back positive in a retest.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2004 Athens, Greece 75 kg 120 125 127.5 1 142.5 147.5 152.5 2 272.5 2012 London, United Kingdom 75 kg 125 128 131 1 147 155 160 2 291 (2nd)World Championships 2005 Doha, Qatar 75 kg 123 127 130 148 153 155 285 2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 75 kg 124 127 131 150 156 156 281 2010 Antalya, Turkey 75 kg 128 133 133 153 160 163 293 European Championships 2003 Loutraki, Greece 75 kg 102.5 107.5 107.5 127.5 132.5 135 240 2006 Wladyslawowo, Poland 75 kg 122 127 131 145 151 160 278 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy 75 kg 118 123 127 135 140 141 264 2009 Bucharest, Romania 75 kg 112 118 120 140 145 -- 265 2010 Minsk, Belarus 75 kg 122 127 129 150 156 -- 285 2011 Kazan, Russia 75 kg 128 133 -- 153 158 158 286 World Junior Championships 2002 Havířov, Czech Republic 69 kg 95 100 102.5 5 110 115 120 5 215 5IWF GRAND PRIX 2011 Belgorod, Russia 75 kg 125 135 136 1 150 150 161 1 296