Nataliya Yatsenko
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| Birth name | Nataliya Ivanovna Yatsenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1961 Kyiv,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nataliya Ivanovna Yatsenko(later known asNataliya Fedorenko,born 6 September 1961) is a Sovietrower.
Biography
[edit]Yatsenko was born inKyivsuburb of Sofiïvska Borshchahivka in 1961; at the time, the city was part of the Soviet Union and it has since 1991 been the capital ofUkraine.[1]
Yatsenko initially competed under her maiden name and she first became World Champion in theeight eventat the1981 World Rowing ChampionshipsinMunich.[2]She repeated this feat in1982 in Lucerneand in1983 in Duisburg.[2]Due to the1984 Summer Olympics boycott,she did not attend the1984 Summer OlympicsinLos Angelesbut competed at theFriendship Gamesinstead where she won a gold medal with the women's eight.[citation needed]At the1985 World Rowing ChampionshipsinHazewinkel,she won her fourth World Championship.[3]
She competed once more at the1988 Summer OlympicsinSeoulfor the Soviet Union with thewomen's eight,this time under her married name.[4]The team came fourth at the Olympics.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Nataliya Yatsenko".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved14 April2018.
- ^ab"Natalia Iatsenko".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved14 April2018.
- ^"Natalie Yatsenko".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved14 April2018.
- ^Lee, Kyung-hee,ed. (1989).Official Report.Vol. 2. Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. p. 534.
- ^"Natalia Fedorenko".International Rowing Federation.Retrieved14 April2018.
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