Natalya Lisovskaya

Natalya Lisovskaya

Personal information
Native name	Наталья Венедиктовна Лисовская (-Седых)[1]
Birth name	Nataliya Venediktovna Lisovskaya[1]
Full name	Nataliya Venediktovna Sedykh[1]
Born	16 July 1962[1] Alegazy, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)[1]
Spouse(s)	Yuriy Sedykh[1]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Shot put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot put 1991 Tokyo Shot put World Indoor Championships 1985 Paris Shot put 1987 Indianapolis Shot put European Championships 1990 Split Shot put IAAF World Cup 1985 Canberra Shot put
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 shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.

Career

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 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 three farthest throws of all time by a female shot putter.

After her career, she gained French citizenship and competed between 1999 and 2002 at some local competitions in France.

Lisovskaya married men's hammer throw world record holder Yuriy Sedykh and has one daughter, Alexia. They live in Paris, France.

References

External links

• Natalya Lisovskaya at World Athletics

Records
Preceded by Ilona Slupianek	Women's Shot Put World Record Holder 7 June 1987 –	Succeeded by incumbent