Natalya Pechonkina

Natalya Alexandrovna Tschistjakowa (Russian Наталья Александровна Чистякова, English transcription Natalya Chistyakova, maiden name Бурда - Burda, in first marriage Печёнкина - Petschonkina - Pechonkina, . Born July 15, 1946) is a Russian sprinter, the Olympic bronze medalist was starting for the Soviet Union.

On March 9, 1968, she set a world record in the 400 -meter run, she improved again on the same day.

In the Summer Olympics 1968 in Mexico City, she won the bronze medal over 400 m behind Colette Besson (FRA) and Lillian Board ( GBR).

Then she married the former hurdler Valentin Chistyakov. The European Athletics Championships 1971 in Helsinki, she was fifth in the 400m and was brought with the Soviet team in the 4 x 400 - meter relay bronze.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals and was in the eighth season.

Her son Viktor Chistyakov has been a successful pole vaulter.