Natalya Sadova

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Medal record
Natalya Sadova
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Discus
Gold	2004 Athens	Discus
World Championships
Silver	2005 Helsinki	Discus
Bronze	1997 Athens	Discus
Disqualified	2001 Edmonton	Discus

Natalya Sadova, née Koptyukh (born July 15, 1972) is a Russian discus thrower. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 2004, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine. She was later cleared and let off a suspension, but in May 2006 she tested positive for an anabolic steroid and accepted a ban.

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] References

• BBC Sport
• Eurosport

Sporting positions
Preceded by Franka Dietzsch	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1999	Succeeded by Nicoleta Grasu
Preceded by Nicoleta Grasu	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2001	Succeeded by Suzy Powell
Preceded by Suzy Powell	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2003	Succeeded by Irina Yatchenko

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