10 Facts About Nataliya Dobrynska

Nataliya Dobrynska is a retired Ukrainian athlete who competed in the combined events.

Nataliya Dobrynska is the 2008 Beijing Olympic champion and holds the heptathlon best in the shot put.

Nataliya Dobrynska won the silver medal in the pentathlon at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships.

Nataliya Dobrynska finished sixth in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Nataliya Dobrynska won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Nataliya Dobrynska returned to the podium at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, taking second place in the pentathlon behind reigning heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis.

Nataliya Dobrynska competed at the 2010 Hypo-Meeting in May, but she was in sub-par form and managed only a score of 6023 for seventh place.

Nataliya Dobrynska returned to competition at the 2010 Decastar meeting in September and was the runner-up behind Tatyana Chernova, having a total of 6309 points for the event.

Nataliya Dobrynska produced an even better performance at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Nataliya Dobrynska stood for election to the Ukrainian Parliament in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election as a candidate for the Party of Regions in Ukraine's 11th electoral district located in her native Vinnytsia Oblast.