Natalia Golts

Nataliya Yuryevna Golts (also Natalia Golts, Russian: Наталья Юрьевна Гольц; born August 22, 1985, in Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast) is an amateur Russian freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category.[1] Since 2002, Golts had won a total of five medals (one silver and four bronze) for the 51, 55 and 59 kg classes at the World Wrestling Championships.[2][3] She is also a five-time European wrestling champion (2003, 2005–2008), a silver medalist at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a member of Russian Army Sports Club in Moscow, under her personal coach Omar Murtasaliev.[2][4]

Natalia Golts

Natalia Golts in December 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nataliya Yuryevna Golts
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1985-08-22) 22 August 1985 Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Russian Army Sports Club
Coached by	Omar Murtasaliev
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Russia World Championships 2008 Tokyo 59 kg 2002 Chalcis 51 kg 2003 New York 55 kg 2005 Budapest 55 kg 2007 Baku 55 kg Tashkent 2014 60 kg European Championships 2003 Riga 55 kg 2005 Varna 55 kg 2006 Moscow 55 kg 2007 Sofia 55 kg 2008 Tampere 55 kg 2010 Baku 55 kg

Golts represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 55 kg class. She defeated Azerbaijan's Yelena Komarova in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Japanese wrestler and defending Olympic champion Saori Yoshida, who was able to score six points in two straight periods, leaving Golts with a single point.[5][6] Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Golts offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, she was defeated in the first round by Sweden's Ida-Theres Nerell, with a three-set technical score (1–0, 0–3, 1–0), and a classification point score of 1–3.[7]