The weak half of humanity nurses children, plaits braids, grows flowers, does manicures, pedicures, arranges gatherings with girlfriends, exchanging news and recipes. But some girls just drag iron in gyms. Such an unusual personality will be discussed in this article. And although this woman will not enter the burning hut, because she herself is building it, but the horse will easily stop the gallop.
Achievements
Natalia Zabolotnaya - Honored Master of Sports in Weightlifting, twice silver medalist in the 2004 and 2012 Olympics, repeated vice world champion and five-time European champion. As well as the world record holder in the jerk of the bar 135 kg and in the sum of two exercises 296 kg. And all this with a height of 165 cm and a weight of 75 kg (in the first Cup of the President of the Russian Federation in the city of Belgorod).
Way to sport
Natalia Zabolotnaya was born on August 15, 1985 in the small town of Salsk, which is located in the Rostov region. Since childhood, she was even the smallest, but strong and active girl. I drove football, but still was physically stronger even the boys of my age, so in order not to stagger around the yards and not look for stupid adventures, I stopped at weightlifting. Mom around, of course, was told that this sport is not for girls, as she will then give birth, but the mother was on the side of her daughter and for good reason.
The brightest victories
Natalia Zabolotnaya began to quickly reach prizes already in her youth. Since 2000, she was taken to the Russian national team, and immediately she won the European Cup (two years later she again confirmed her superiority). But the decisive European championship was in 2003 in the city of Loutraki (Greece), where the selection for the Olympics took place. There, Natalya confidently won and deserved a trip to her first 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where at the age of 19 she got her first significant silver medal in the weight category up to 75 kg. At the World Championships, Natalya Zabolotnaya always lacked a little to win, and she three times became the silver medalist of world championships in 2005 (Doha), in 2007 (Chiang Mai) and in 2010 (Antalya). But in the European championships she had no equal. Weightlifter Natalya Zabolotnaya five times became the European champion with wide margins from her rivals. It was only in Kazan that it lost gold, becoming the second step of the podium.
Unfortunately, Natalya did not qualify for the team at the 2012 Olympics in London (although she plowed to the full in training). But due to the injury of her teammate, she was nevertheless included in the main team the day before departure. Of course, this shocked both the athlete herself and her coach Ivan Chizh, who did not even have time to draw up documents. As a result, his ward flew to London alone without support and without proper training. She did not let anyone down, winning second place at the Olympics. Yielded to an athlete from Kazakhstan purely in body weight. Since the girls lifted the same weight of the bar, the winner is determined by the one who has less body weight. Natalia was only 150 grams heavier than her rival, and the victory was not given to her. Of course, if she had been warned earlier than the day before departure, she would have prepared accordingly. Surely the Olympics would have been won, and then there would have been no disqualification of the athlete for the fact that the norm in her body was higher than the requirements of the anti-doping committee. But what happened cannot be returned. Natalia deservedly received medals from the President of the Russian Federation for services to the Fatherland of the 1st and 2nd category. For participation in the Olympics, the glorification of Russia in the international arena, worthy development, the spread of physical education and sports in the country and abroad.
Natalia Zabolotnaya is loved and respected both in her native Salsk and far beyond. When she walks the streets, the frail little boys bashfully lower their heads, looking at her physique. What does Natalia Zabolotnaya dream about? Personal life for her is not yet in the first place. Today, the athlete is preparing for new victories and independently completes her home.