Natalia Kushnir
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| Full name | Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||
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May 6, 1954 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||
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Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир; born May 6, 1954) is a former Soviet 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 2 3 4 "Nataliya Kushnir Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ Peter S. Horvitz. The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- 1 2 Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- 1 2 "Kushnir, Natalia". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
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