Natalia Kushnir

Natalia Kushnir
Personal information
Full nameNataliya Grigoryevna Kushnir (-Puchkova)
NicknameНаталья Григорьевна Кушнир
NationalityRussian
Born (1954-05-06) 6 May 1954 (age 70)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
National team
 Soviet Union
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team

Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир; born 6 May 1954) is a Russian former volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist.[1]

Kushnir, who is Jewish, was born in Moscow, Russia.[1][2][3][4][5] She played volleyball for Lokomotiv Moskva, and for the Soviet Union.[1]

Kushnir and the Soviet Union team won the team gold medal in volleyball at the 1971 European Championships.[6] She and the Soviet team won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, losing to Japan in the finals.[1][3][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nataliya Kushnir Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ^ Peter S. Horvitz (April 2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. ^ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853035169. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Kushnir, Natalia". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved 30 July 2011.


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