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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 (age 54)
Alegazy, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Spouse(s) Yuriy Sedykh
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.



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