Nataliya Tymoshkina

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]

Nataliya Tymoshkina
Tymoshkina at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born25 May 1952 (1952-05-25) (age 71)
Leznik, Ukraine
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportHandball
ClubHC Spartak Kyiv
Coached byIgor Turchin
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
World championships
Bronze medal – third place1973 YugoslaviaTeam
Silver medal – second place1975 Soviet UnionTeam
Silver medal – second place1978 CzechoslovakiaTeam

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]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nataliya Tymoshkina.
  1. Nataliya Sherstiuk-Tymoshkina. sports-reference.com
  2. Women Handball World Championship 1973 in Yugoslavia 08-15.12 Champion Yugoslavia,
    Women Handball World Championship 1975 Soviet Union 03-13.12 Winner East Germany,
    Women Handball World Championship 1978 in Czechoslovakia 30.11–10.12 Champion East Germany. todor66.com
  3. Тимошкина (Шерстюк) Наталья Леонидовна. mfsospartak.ru
  4. Kargova, Tatyana (15 April 2010) От судьбы убегала два раза. Еженедельник 2000. (interview in Russian)
  5. Зинаида Турчина: О нас говорили, будто мы как собаки, которых с цепи спустили. fraza.ua (28 May 2009)
  6. Наталья Тимошкина: «Спартак» хотел побеждать в любом соревновании. spartak.kiev.ua (1 January 2005)


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