Natalya "Natasha" Stanislavovna Dukhnova ( be, Наталля «Наташа» Станіславаўна Духнова; born 16 July 1966) is a retired
Belarus
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ian middle distance runner who mainly competed in the
800 metres
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.
She was born in
Yaroslavl
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, but represented the club Grodno TU.
She competed at the
1993
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and
1995 World Championships without reaching the final.
Her career peaked in the year 1994. She became
Europe
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an indoor champion in
1994
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, and in the same year she won the silver medal at the
European Championships
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. She also finished third at the
1994 IAAF World Cup The 7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 9–11, 1994, at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Engl ...
.
She finished seventh in her special event 800 metres at the
1996 Olympic Games
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, and also competed in the
1500 metres
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without reaching the final.
[ She returned with a silver medal at the 1997 World Indoor Championships,] a seventh place at the 1998 European Championships and an eighth place at the 1999 World Championships.[ She also won a bronze medal at the ]1995 Military World Games
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and silver medal at the 1999 Military World Games
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Mar del Plata, Argent ...
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However, she often failed to reach the final in large events. She reached the semi-final at the 1997 World Championships and 1999 World Indoor Championships, and only round one at the 2000 Olympic Games
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and the 2001 World Championships.[
Her personal best times were 1:57.24 minutes in the ]800 metres
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, achieved in June 1996 in Gomel; 4:06.70 minutes in the 1500 metres
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, achieved in June 1997 in Saint-Denis; and 4:37.35 minutes in the mile run
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, achieved in July 1997 in Lausanne
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References
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1966 births
Living people
Belarusian female middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Belarus
European Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Yaroslavl