Darya Siarheyeuna Naumava ( be, Дар’я Сяргееўна Навумава; born 26 August 1995) is a Belarusian weightlifter and European Champion. She won silver medals at the 2014 Junior World Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics.NAUMAVA DaryaBLR
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in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 76 kg event. Naumava has two sisters. All sisters are teachers by profession. They grew up in a peasant family, and the eldest, Polina, trained in kettlebell lifting. Darya first took up

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and discus throw, but around the age of 16 changed to weightlifting, which fitted better to her relatively short stature (1.65 m).

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* 1995 births Living people Belarusian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Belarus People from Klichaw District Olympic silver medalists for Belarus Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University alumni FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belarus European Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mogilev Region {{Belarus-Olympic-medalist-stub