Remigija Nazarovienė

Remigija Nazarovienė (née Sablovskaitė) (born 2 June 1967 in Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR) is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. She won the Talence Decastar twice, in 1996 and 1997, and was runner-up in 1989 and 1998. She competed four times at the Olympic Games. She holds the Lithuanian national record in heptathlon with 6604 points, and also held national records in the 100m and 60m hurdles.

Remigija Nazaroviene
Personal information
Full nameRemigija Nazaroviene
Born (1967-06-02) 2 June 1967
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height179 cm (70 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[2]
Medal record
Representing Lithuania
Women's Athletics
World Championships
1997 AthensHeptathlon

After retirement as a heptathlete, she started coaching in Estonia. In 2009, her student, decathlete Mikk Pahapill, won the heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships.

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, Germany 4th Heptathlon 5693 pts
1987 Lithuanian SSR Championships Vilnius, Lithuania 1st Heptathlon 6241 pts
1988 Soviet Union Championships Perm, Russia 3rd Pentathlon 4561 pts
Soviet Union Championships Kiev, Ukraine 1st Heptathlon 6566 pts
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th Heptathlon 6456 pts
1989 European Cup Super League Helmond, Netherlands 2nd Heptathlon 6600 pts
Soviet Union Championships Bryansk, Russia 2nd Heptathlon 6604 pts
Decastar Talence, France 2nd Heptathlon 6375 pts
1990 Lithuanian SSR Championships Vilnius, Lithuania 1st Heptathlon 6252 pts
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 6th Heptathlon 6380 pts
Representing  Lithuania
1992 Lithuanian Championships Vilnius, Lithuania 1st Heptathlon 6513 pts
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 14th Heptathlon 6141 pts
1994 European Cup Second League Tallinn, Estonia 1st Heptathlon 6014 pts
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th Heptathlon 6262 pts
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 17th Heptathlon 6026 pts
1996 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 6th Heptathlon 6282 pts
Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, United States 10th Heptathlon 6254 pts
Decastar Talence, France 1st Heptathlon 6451 pts
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 3rd Heptathlon 6566 pts
Decastar Talence, France 1st Heptathlon 6536 pts
1998 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria DNF Heptathlon -
Goodwill Games New York City, United States 4th Heptathlon 6346 pts
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Heptathlon 6394 pts
Decastar Talence, France 2nd Heptathlon 6313 pts
IAAF World Combined Events Challenge IAAF 3rd Heptathlon 19 053 pts
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 4th Pentathlon 4505 pts
World Championships Seville, Spain 8th Heptathlon 6262 pts
2002 Lithuanian Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st Heptathlon 6005 pts

Personal bests

Outdoors
EventResultTimePlace
100 meters hurdles13,1514 September 1996Talence
High Jump1.8610 June 1989Bryansk
Shot Put16.2213 June 1988Kaunas
200 meters23,7914 September 1996Talence
Long Jump6.5811 June 1989Bryansk
Javelin Throw48.2015 September 1997Talence
800 meters2,09.2616 July 1989Helmond
Heptathlon6604 10–11 June 1989Bryansk

Indoors
EventResultTimePlace
60 meters hurdles8,207 March 1997Paris
Pentathlon46411988-

Coaching

After her retirement as a heptathlete, Remigija Nazarovienė started coaching in Estonia. She currently coaches Mikk Pahapill. She has coached also decathletes Andres Raja, Mikk-Mihkel Arro, Artur Liiv and heptathletes Kaie Kand, Ksenija Balta, Ebe Reier, Berit Jürgenson.

Decathlete Mikk Pahapill won European Indoor Championships in 2009 and heptathlete Ksenija Balta won Bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in 2005.[3]

Personal life

Her father was a javelin thrower with the result of 78,32m, and her mother was 12.0-second 100m performer. Her son Deividas is currently playing basketball.

Nazarovienė was married to Andrei Nazarov, an Estonian decathlete who finished tenth at the 1995 World Championships.[4]

Honorary awards

1. Badge of Merit from Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas

2. Voted as a best Estonian female athletics coach in 2006

3. Estonian Ministry of Culture award in 2008

References
  1. "decathlon2000"
  2. "decathlon2000"
  3. www.ohtuleht.ee Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. www.iaaf.org
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