Nataliya Tymoshkina

Nataliya Tymoshkina

Tymoshkina at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	25 May 1952 (1952-05-25) (age 64) Leznik, Ukraine
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Club	HC Spartak Kyiv
Coached by	Igor Turchin
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team World championships 1973 Yugoslavia Team 1975 Soviet Union Team 1978 Czechoslovakia Team

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^[1] and placed second at the 1975 and 1978 world championships.^[2][3] The Soviet team leaders Zinaida Turchyna and Tetyana Kocherhina credit the 1976 Olympic victory to Tymoshkina.^[4][5]

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.^[6]

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