Natalya Serbinenko

Natalya Serbinenko (née Sharipova; born 27 January 1959) is a Ukrainian former racewalker.[1] She competed six times at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, with her best result coming in 1983, where she was silver medallist behind Xu Yongjiu of China.[2] With four consecutive appearances from 1981 to 1989, she was the most capped athlete for the Soviet Union ever at that competition. She represented Ukraine in her last appearance at the tournament in 1993.[3]

Natalya Serbinenko
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1985 Kobe10 km walk
IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place1983 Bergen10 km walk

At the first ever women's race walk at the Summer Universiade in 1985 she took a bronze medal, sharing the podium with fellow Soviet Aleksandra Grigoryeva and Yan Hong of China.[4] At national level she won once at the Soviet Athletics Championships (1983) and once at the Ukrainian Athletics Championships (1993).[5][6]

Serbinenko was highly ranked during the early years of international women's walking, placing in the top three globally in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m walks in 1982 and ranking second in the world in 1983.[7]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Valencia, Spain 10th 5 km walk 24:20.7
1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Bergen, Norway 2nd 10 km walk 45:26
1985 Universiade Kobe, Japan 3rd 5000 m walk 22:27.21
IAAF World Race Walking Cup St John's, Isle of Man 9th 10 km walk 46:55
1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 8th 10 km walk 45:05
1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Barcelona, Spain 4th 10 km walk 43:46
1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 32nd 10 km walk 49:25

National titles

References
  1. Natalya Serbinenko. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  2. IAAF World Race Walking Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  3. IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  4. World Student Games (Women). Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  5. Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  6. Ukrainian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
  7. World Top Performers 1980-2005: Women (Outdoor). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
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