Nataliya Skakun
Personal information
BornAugust 3, 1981
Altai Kray, Soviet Union
Medal record
Women’s Weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens – 63 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Vancouver – 63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Antalya – 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sofia – 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Trenčín – 63 kg

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.

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