Natalya Dobrynska
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born |
29 May 1982 Yakushyntsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Heptathlon |
Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukrainian: Наталя Добринська) (born 29 May 1982 in Yakushyntsi, Vinnytsia Oblast) is a retired Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. Her indoor pentathlon best of 5013 points is the world record for the event.
She competed in the 2004 Olympics, finishing eighth. She won the silver medal in the pentathlon at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. She finished sixth in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the 2007 European Indoor Championships she finished fifth.
She won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Despite being one of the favourites in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Dobrynska finished fourth just missing out on the medals. She returned to the podium at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, taking second place in the pentathlon behind reigning heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis.
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