Natalya Voronova (russian: Ната́лья Помо́щникова-Во́ронова, née Pomoshchnikova; born July 9, 1965) is a retired

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n sprint athlete who competed in the

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and

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for the

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and later

. A three time Olympian, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1988. She also won the 1992 World Cup 100 metres title, and a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships. Born Natalya Pomoschnikova in 1965, she trained at Burevestnik in

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. In 1984 she won the Soviet Championship 100 m title (tied with irina Slyusar). Four years later, she competed for the

at the

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held in

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, 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

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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

. 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.

Personal bests

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- 10.98 (1988) *

- 22.35 (1993)

International competitions

National titles

* Soviet Athletics Championships **100 m:

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Russian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-03. **100 m: 1992,

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**200 m: 1992

References

* 1965 births Living people Soviet female sprinters Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships medalists Soviet Athletics Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub

Personal bests

International competitions

National titles

See also

References