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Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova

Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Representing  Russia
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stuttgart 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rome 4x100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Toronto 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Barcelona 200 m

Natalya Voronova (Russian: Ната́лья Помо́щникова-Во́ронова, née Pomoshchnikova; born July 9, 1965) is a retired Russian (and former Soviet) athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres. She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. She competed at three Olympic Games.

As Natalya Pomoshchnikova, she won the 1984 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.




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