Nataliya Anatoliyivna Davydova ( uk, Наталія Анатоліївна Давидова) (born 22 July 1985 in

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) is a

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weightlifter.

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 Junior World Championships, with a total of 233 kg. At the

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she ranked 7th in the 69 kg category, and at the

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she ranked 4th in the same category, lifting a total of 237 kg. Davydova won bronze medal at the

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in the 69 kg category, with a total of 244 kg. At the

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she was initially awarded the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, with a total of 250 kg. On 17 November 2016 the

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disqualified Davydova from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.

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