Natalya Lisovskaya

Natalya Lisovskaya
Personal information
Native nameНаталья Венедиктовна Лисовская (-Седых)
Birth nameNataliya Venediktovna Lisovskaya
Full nameNataliya Venediktovna Sedykh
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipRussia
Born (1962-07-16) 16 July 1962 (age 61)
Alegazy, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Spouse(s)Yuriy Sedykh

Natalya Venediktovna Lisovskaya (Russian: Наталья Венедиктовна Лисовская; born 16 July 1962) is a Russian former athlete who competed mainly in shot put for the Soviet Union. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.

Career

Born in Alegazy, Lisovskaya competed for the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, where she won the gold medal. Lisovskaya holds the world record in women's shot put with a throw of 22.63 metres (74 feet 3 inches), which she achieved on 7 June 1987 in Moscow, Russia. She also has the three farthest throws of all time by a female shot putter.

After her Olympic career ended, she gained French citizenship and competed between 1999 and 2002 at some local competitions in France.

Lisovskaya married men's hammer throw world record holder Yuriy Sedykh and has one daughter, Alexia. They live in Paris, France.

Doping

Former head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov alluded to her doping being found but not reported by the laboratory in his book The Rodchenkov Affair.


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