Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
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Women's athletics | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | 4x100 m relay |
World Championships | ||
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1993 Stuttgart | 4x100 m relay |
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1987 Rome | 4x100 m relay |
World Indoor Championships | ||
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1993 Toronto | 200 m |
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1995 Barcelona | 200 m |
Natalya Voronova (Russian: Ната́лья Помо́щникова-Во́ронова, née Pomoshchnikova; born July 9, 1965) is a retired Russian athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres for the Soviet Union and later Russia. A three time Olympian, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1988. She also won the 1992 World Cup 100 metres title, and a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships.
Career
Born Natalya Pomoschnikova in 1965, she trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. In 1984 she won the Soviet Championship 100 m title (tied with irina Slyusar). Four years later, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished sixth in the 100 metres final and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay with her team mates Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Galina Malchugina and Marina Zhirova. In 1992, now competing under her married name of Voronova, she won the 100 metres at the IAAF World Cup in Havana and also finished second in the 200 metres behind Marie-Jose Perec. In 1993, she won a World Championship gold in the 4 × 100 m relay for Russia. She also finished sixth in both the 100 m and 200m finals. At her second Olympics in 1996, she again finished sixth in the 100 metres final. She concluded her international career by competing at her third Olympics in 2000.
She retired after the Olympic season in 2000.
Personal bests
- 100 metres - 10.98 (1988)
- 200 metres - 22.35 (1993)
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 11th (sf) | 100 m | 11.15 secs |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.33 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 100 m | 11.00 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.75 | |||
1989 | World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | 100 m | 11.49 |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.76 | |||
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1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 4th | 200 m | 23.38 |
World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 100 m | 11.33 | |
2nd | 200 m | 23.24 | |||
5th | 4 x 100 m relay | 44.55 | |||
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1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 3rd | 200 m | 22.90 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 100 m | 11.20 | |
6th | 200 m | 22.50 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.49 | |||
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 200 m | 23.01 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 16th (qf) | 100 m | 11.35 | |
— | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 6th | 100 m | 11.10 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.27 | |||
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 9th (sf) | 100 m | 11.35 |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 200 m | 22.80 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.73 | |||
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 26th (h) | 100 m | 11.47 |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.02 | |||
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying Heats (h) quarterfinals (qf) or semifinals (sf) |
External links
- Soviet female sprinters
- Russian female sprinters
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Burevestnik (sports society) athletes
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
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- Soviet athletics biography stubs