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 at three consecutive Olympic Games (1988 to 1996), three consecutive World Championships in Athletics (1995 to 1999), ad four straight editions of the European Athletics Championships (1990 to 2002).
She holds the Lithuanian national record in heptathlon with 6604 points, and also held national records in the 100 m and 60 m hurdles.
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.
International competitions Representing the 1985European Junior Championships Cottbus, Germany4thHeptathlon5693 pts1988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea5thHeptathlon6456 pts1989European Cup Super League Helmond, Netherlands2ndHeptathlon6600 ptsDecastar Talence, France2ndHeptathlon6375 pts1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia6thHeptathlon6380 ptsRepresenting 1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain14thHeptathlon6141 pts1994European Cup Second League Tallinn, Estonia1stHeptathlon6014 ptsEuropean Championships Helsinki, Finland7thHeptathlon6262 pts1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden17thHeptathlon6026 pts1996Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria6thHeptathlon6282 ptsOlympic Games Atlanta, United States10thHeptathlon6254 ptsDecastar Talence, France1stHeptathlon6451 pts1997World Championships Athens, Greece 3rdHeptathlon6566 ptsDecastar Talence, France1stHeptathlon6536 pts1998Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria —Heptathlon Goodwill Games New York City, United States4thHeptathlon6346 ptsEuropean Championships Budapest, Hungary4thHeptathlon6394 ptsDecastar Talence, France2ndHeptathlon6313 ptsIAAF World Combined Events ChallengeVarious3rdHeptathlon19 053 pts1999World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan4thPentathlon4505 ptsWorld Championships Seville, Spain8thHeptathlon6262 pts2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany —Heptathlon
National championships 1987Lithuanian Championships Vilnius, Soviet Union1stHeptathlon6241 pts1988Soviet Indoor Championships Perm, Soviet Union3rdPentathlon4561 ptsSoviet ChampionshipsKyiv, Soviet Union1stHeptathlon6566 pts1989Soviet ChampionshipsBryansk, Soviet Union2ndHeptathlon6604 pts1990Lithuanian Championships Vilnius, Soviet Union1stHeptathlon6252 pts1992Lithuanian Championships Vilnius, Lithuania1stHeptathlon6513 pts2002Lithuanian Championships Kaunas, Lithuania1stHeptathlon6005 pts
Personal bests Outdoors Event Result Time Place 100 metres hurdles 13.15 14 September 1996 Talence High jump 1.86 10 June 1989 Bryansk Shot put 16.22 13 June 1988 Kaunas 200 metres 23.79 14 September 1996 Talence Long jump 6.58 11 June 1989 Bryansk Javelin throw 48.20 15 September 1997 Talence 800 metres 2:09.26 16 July 1989 Helmond Heptathlon6604 10–11 June 1989 Bryansk
Indoors Event Result Time Place 60 metres hurdles 8.20 7 March 1997 Paris Pentathlon4641 1988 -
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.www.ohtuleht.ee
Personal life Her father was a javelin thrower with the result of 78.32 m, and her mother was 12.0-second 100 m performer. Her son Deividas is currently playing basketball.Deividas Nazarovas. Real GM. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
Nazarovienė was married to Andrei Nazarov, an Estonian decathlete who finished tenth at the 1995 World Championships.www.iaaf.org She is the sister-in-law of Lithuanian discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna.
Honorary awards Badge of Merit from Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas Voted as a best Estonian female athletics coach in 2006 Estonian Ministry of Culture award in 2008
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