Nataliya Kuznetsova

Nataliya Kuznetsova, nicknamed Amazonka and born Nataliya Trukhina on 1 July 1991, is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter, described as one of the strongest and most muscular women in the world. She was born in Chita and began powerlifting at fourteen because she weighed only 40 kilograms and wanted to gain muscle. Her first coach suggested bodybuilding at fifteen, and she became a champion in the region of Zabaykalsky Krai before moving fully into bodybuilding and powerlifting. She moved to Moscow in 2008 and graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture in 2013, and she now lives in Montenegro. Her article lists personal records of a 308 kilogram raw squat and a 352 kilogram raw deadlift, and she is open about using anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.