Nataliya Skakun
Ukrainian weightlifter (born 1981)
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Born | August 3, 1981 Altai Kray, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nataliya Anatoliïvna Skakun (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Скакун; born August 3, 1981, in Altai Kray) is a Ukrainian weightlifter.
Career
She competed in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, lifting 242.5 kg in total. During clean & jerk she lifted 135.0 kg, which was a new Olympic record. She also for a time held the world record, 138.0 kg, set when she became world champion in 2003.
References
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- 2000: Chen Xiaomin (CHN)
- 2004: Nataliya Skakun (UKR)
- 2008: Pak Hyon-suk (PRK)
- 2012: Christine Girard (CAN)
- 2016: Deng Wei (CHN)
- 2020: Maude Charron (CAN)
- 63 kg (2000–2016)
- 64 kg (2020)
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