Natalya Lisovskaya

Natalya Lisovskaya

Personal information
Native name	Наталья Венедиктовна Лисовская (-Седых)
Birth name	Nataliya Venediktovna Lisovskaya
Full name	Nataliya Venediktovna Sedykh
Born	(1962-07-16) 16 July 1962 Alegazy, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Spouse	Yuriy Sedykh
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Shot put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot put 1991 Tokyo Shot put World Indoor Championships 1985 Paris Shot put 1987 Indianapolis Shot put European Championships 1990 Split Shot put IAAF World Cup 1985 Canberra Shot put
Updated on 30 June 2015

Natalya Venediktovna Lisovskaya (Russian: Наталья Венедиктовна Лисовская; born 16 July 1962) is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.

Born in Alegazy, Bashkir ASSR, Lisovskaya competed for the USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal. Lisovskaya holds the world record in the women's shot put with a throw of 22.63 metres (74 feet 3 inches), which she achieved on 7 June 1987 in Moscow, Russia. She also has the four farthest throws of all time by a female shot putter.

Lisovskaya married men's hammer throw world record holder Yuriy Sedykh and has one daughter, Alexia. They live in Paris, France.

References

• Natalya Lisovskaya at World Athletics