Nataliya Nikolayevna Smal ( ukr, Наталія Николаевна Смаль; born 10 March 1983 in

Koriukivka Raion Koriukivka Raion ( uk, Корюківський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Koriukivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative ...

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) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

and sambist. She competed in the 70 kg event at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where she lost in the third round to Annett Böhm, and the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

where she lost in the first round to

Cecilia Blanco Cecilia Blanco (born 23 February 1979 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish judoka. She competed in two Summer Olympics: in 2004 in Athens in the 70 kg event where she lost the repechage semifinals to Qin Dongya and in 2012 in London in the 70 kg ev ...

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* * * 1983 births Living people Ukrainian female judoka Ukrainian sambo practitioners Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Ukraine Sambo practitioners at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in sambo European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Sportspeople from Chernihiv Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-judo-bio-stub