Natalija Eder

Natalija Eder
Personal information
NationalityBelarusian/Austrian
Born (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 44)
Grodno, Belarus
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportAthletics
Disability classF12
Event(s)shot put, javelin
ClubABSV-Wien: Vienna
Coached byGregor Hopler

Natalija Eder (born 6 August 1980) is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Austria competing mainly in F12 classification throwing events. She won a bronze medal in javelin throw at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Eder took up para-sports in 1997 while still living in her home country of Belarus. She moved to Austria in 2003 and represented her new country in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Eder has also won medals at IPC World and European Championships.

She again competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and placed fourth.

In 2023, she won the bronze medal in the women's javelin throw F13 event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.

Notes

  1. ^ "Eder, Natalija". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Natalija Eder - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ "Eder, Natalija". IPC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Athletics: EDER, Natalija". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ^ "Women's javelin throw F13 Results" (PDF). 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.