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
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Austria
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Javelin - F12/13
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin - F13
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Javelin throw F13
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon Javelin throw F12/13
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe Javelin throw F13
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris Javelin throw F13
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea Javelin - F12
Silver medal – second place 2016 Grosseto Javelin - F11-13

Natalija Eder (born 6 August 1980) is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Austria competing mainly in F12 classification throwing events.[1] 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.[2]

Eder has also won medals at IPC World and European Championships.[3]

She again competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and placed fourth.[4]

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.[5]

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.