Valentyna Fedyushyna
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Valentina Fedjuschina (born 10 February 1965 in Moscow) is a retired Austrian
shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
ter. She originally competed for Soviet Union and Ukraine, but became an Austrian citizen in 1999 to compete in the Sydney Olympic games for this country. She is married to discus thrower
Volodymyr Zinchenko Volodymyr Zinchenko ( uk, Володимир Іванович Зінченко; born 28 May 1959 in Zaporizhya) is a former discus thrower from Ukraine, who represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( ...
. Her personal best put is 21.08 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Leselidze. She holds the 3rd best ever indoor performance with 21.60 meters, in Simferopol. As an Austrian citizen she has set a national record for that country with 19.21 metres in July 1999 in
Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
.


International competitions


References

* 1965 births Living people Ukrainian female shot putters Soviet female shot putters Austrian female shot putters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine World Athletics Championships athletes for Austria Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Athletes from Moscow Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners Austrian Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1985 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{austria-athletics-bio-stub