 Tymoshkina at the 1980 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 May 1952 (1952-05-25) (age 72) Leznik, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | HC Spartak Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Igor Turchin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nataliya Leonidivna Tymoshkina (née Sherstyuk, Ukrainian: Наталія Леонідівна Тимошкіна-Шерстюк, born 25 May 1952) is a retired Ukrainian handball goalkeeper. She was part of the Soviet teams that won gold medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed second at the 1975 and 1978 world championships. The Soviet team leaders Zinaida Turchyna and Tetyana Kocherhina credit the 1976 Olympic victory to Tymoshkina.
Tymoshkina started as a field player, and was converted into a goalkeeper by the coach. While she understood that she was more efficient in the goal she never liked that position.
References
- Nataliya Sherstiuk-Tymoshkina. sports-reference.com
- Women Handball World Championship 1973 in Yugoslavia 08-15.12 Champion Yugoslavia,
Women Handball World Championship 1975 Soviet Union 03-13.12 Winner East Germany,
Women Handball World Championship 1978 in Czechoslovakia 30.11–10.12 Champion East Germany. todor66.com - Тимошкина (Шерстюк) Наталья Леонидовна. mfsospartak.ru
- Kargova, Tatyana (15 April 2010) От судьбы убегала два раза. Еженедельник 2000. (interview in Russian)
- Зинаида Турчина: О нас говорили, будто мы как собаки, которых с цепи спустили. fraza.ua (28 May 2009)
- Наталья Тимошкина: «Спартак» хотел побеждать в любом соревновании. spartak.kiev.ua (1 January 2005)
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Soviet female handball players
- Ukrainian female handball players
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs