Natalia Achrimenko

Natalja Achrimenko ( Russian Наталья Ахрименко , English transcription Natalya Akhrimenko , née Петрова - Petrowa - Petrova ; born May 12, 1955 in Novokuibyshevsk ) is a former Russian shot putter .

In 1980 she was seventh at the Olympic Games in Moscow . At the Universiade 1983 she won bronze in the shot put and silver in the discus throw .

At the European Athletics Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart, she won bronze. In the following year, a gold medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Liévin and a fifth place each at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Indianapolis and at the World Athletics Championships in Rome .

In 1988 she came back to seventh place at the Olympic Games in Seoul .

Personal best

• Shot put: 21.73 m, May 21, 1988, Lesselidse
  • Hall: 21.26 m, January 24, 1987, Leningrad
• Discus throw: 64.60 m, August 20, 1980, Leningrad

Web links

• Athlete portrait at the IAAF
• Natalya Akhrimenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )