Nataša Erjavec (born 15 May 1968) is a retired

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n athlete who specialised in the

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. She represented her country at one indoor and two outdoor World Championships. In addition, she won the silver at the

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. Her personal bests in the event are 18.10 metres outdoors (Nova Gorica 1994) and 17.97 metres indoors (Ljubljana 1996). Both are standing

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Competition record

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1968 births Living people Slovenian female shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub