Nataliya Leonidivna Tymoshkina (née ''Sherstyuk'', ua, 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 and placed second at the 1975 and 1978 world championships. The Soviet team leaders

Zinaida Turchyna Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna ( ua, Зінаїда Михайлiвна Турчина, née ''Stolitenko'' on 17 May 1946) is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Coached by her husband Igor Turchin she competed for the Soviet Union in all maj ...

and Tetyana Kocherhina credit the 1976 Olympic victory to Tymoshkina. 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.

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1952 births Living people Soviet female handball players Ukrainian female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub