- Nataliya Skakun
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Nataliya Skakun Personal information Born August 3, 1981 Medal recordWomen’s Weightlifting Competitor for Ukraine Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens – 63 kg Nataliya Anatoliïvna Skakun (Ukrainian: Наталія Анатоліївна Скакун; born August 3, 1981 in Altai Kray) is a Ukrainian weightlifter who 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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