Nataša Vezmar (born October 24, 1976, in Bjelovar) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's heavyweight category.
Seeded second and one of the fighters predicted to get an Olympic medal, Vezmar started her fight with an impressive 7–4 victory over Spain's Ireane Ruíz, before losing the semifinal to her Russian opponent Natalia Ivanova.
[3][4][5] In 2003, Vezmar picked up a silver medal in the same category at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, following a tough 1–0 defeat to South Korea's Youn Hyun-jung.
Earlier in the process, she defeated Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson in the final to secure her place on the Croatian team at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
[9][10] With her opponent losing the semifinal to France's Myriam Baverel, Vezmar failed to slip into the repechage bracket for a chance of an Olympic bronze medal.