Natella Archipovna Krasnikova

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Natella Archipowna Krasnikowa ( Russian: Нателла Архиповна Красникова ; born October 14, 1953 in Mogotscha ) is a former hockey player. With the team of the Soviet Union she won bronze at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Krasnikova originally came from basketball and from 1978 played for the hockey department of Spartak Moscow . In 1983 she moved to Kolos Borispol (now in Boryspil , Ukraine ), where she played until 1990. She won the Soviet championship six times (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989) and the cup several times.

With the Soviet national team , Natella Krasnikowa won not only the Olympic bronze medal, but also bronze at the 1981 World Championships and one silver (1984) and one bronze (1987) at the European Championships. From 1979 to 1989 she scored 220 goals in 173 appearances for the national team.

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