Natalya Lisovskaya

Natalya Benediktowna Lissowskaja (Russian Наталья Бенедиктовна Лисовская; . Engl transcription Natalya Lisovskaya; * July 16, 1962 in Alegasy, Bashkortostan ) is a former Russian shot putter, the Olympic champion was for the USSR.

At the World Athletics Championships 1987 Lissowskaja won the gold medal ahead of Kathrin Neimke and Ines Müller (both DDR). Also in the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 she won gold before Kathrin Neimke and Li Meisu (CHN ). It was followed by two second places at the European Championships in 1990 and the World Championships in 1991.

Your prepared on June 7, 1987 best jump of 22.63 m is to date the current world record. He is according to the records in the 800 meters and 400 meters the third oldest outdoor world record in the women's athletics.

Lissowskaja who is married to the hammer thrower Yury Sedych, has lived in France since the early 1990s. Their daughter Alexia Sedych (* 1993) will start for France in the hammer throw, won at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and was at the Athletics Junior Championships 2011 Third.

Awards

On November 14, 2013 Lissowskaja was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the World Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF).