Natalya Sutyagina (born 17 January 1980 in

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) is a

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swimmer from

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, who won the gold medal in the 50 m butterfly at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships. She is trained by Vladimir Timofeev. Sutyagina competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in

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* 1980 births Living people Russian female swimmers Russian female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub