Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova (russian: Наталья Николаевна Иванова, born 25 June 1981) is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the

400m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a s ...

final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

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. She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 × 400 m relay team in the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. This entitled her to a silver medal, despite not competing in the final where Russia finished second.

Achievements

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 22.97 s (2005) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 50.79 s (2004) *

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

– 54.36 s (2007)

References

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1981 births Living people Russian female hurdlers Russian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Athletes from Moscow European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub