Natalia Nikolayevna Ivanova (russian: Наталья Николаевна Иванова; born 1 September 1971) is a Russian

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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where she received a silver medal in the +67 kg class."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Taekwondo"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 20, 2008) She won a silver medal in heavyweight at the

1997 World Taekwondo Championships The 1997 World Taekwondo Championships were the 13th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Hong Kong from November 19 to November 23, 1997, with 710 athletes participating from 80 countries. Medal summary Men Women ...

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, after defeating Chiu Meng-jen in the semifinal, and being defeated by Jung Myoung-sook in the final. She also competed at the 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003

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. She won gold medals at the 1996, 1998 and 2002

European Taekwondo Championships The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekw ...

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* 1971 births Living people Russian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Russia People from Usolye-Sibirskoye Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Russian women 20th-century Russian women {{Russia-taekwondo-bio-stub