Natalya Khrushcheleva

Natalya Petrovna Chruschtscheljowa (Russian Наталья Петровна Хрущелёва, English transcription Nataliya Khrushchelyeva, . Born March 20, 1973 in Tavda ) is a former Russian track and field athlete. Originally a middle distance runner, was also used in the 4 x 400 - meter relay their country.

Chruschtscheljowa took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, where they narrowly missed the finals in the 800 - meter race in fifth place semifinal.

The European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest Chruschtscheljowa won together with Svetlana Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bachwalowa and Olga Kotlyarova the silver medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay. The Russian team had to deal in 3:23,56 min only the German team - Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Silvia Rieger and Grit Breuer - ( 3:23,03 min) to admit defeat and was the third-placed British women by more than two seconds distance.

Your biggest international success in a single discipline Chruschtscheljowa celebrated at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint -Denis, as she min third in 2:00,29 in the 800 -meter run behind Maria de Lurdes Mutola of Mozambique ( 1:59, 89 min) and the Briton Kelly Holmes ( 2:00,18 min). 2003 Chruschtscheljowa was also Russian Champion in the 800 -meter run.

Chruschtscheljowa is 1,66 m tall and weighed about 51 kg competition times.

Bests

• 400 m: 51.49 s, July 23, 2000 Tula Hall: 52.46 s, January 19, 2001 Moscow

• Hall: 2:00,68 min, February 15, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany