Natalya Shikolenko | |
Nationality: | Belarusian |
Birth Place: | Andizhan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 700NaN0 |
Country: | (1987 - 1991) (1992) (1993 - 1996) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Javelin throw |
Pb: | 71.40 m (1994) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Natalya Shikolenko (Belarusian: Натальля Шыкаленка; born August 1, 1964, in Andizhan, Soviet Union) is a javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a World Championship gold.
Her sister Tatyana Shikolenko is also a successful javelin thrower, first representing Belarus but switching to Russia in 1996.
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1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 14th (q) | Javelin | 60.40 m | |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 1st | Javelin | 61.62 m | |
Split, Yugoslavia | 12th | Javelin | 53.98 m | |||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 11th | Javelin | 58.82 m | |
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Javelin | 68.26 m | |
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1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | Javelin | 65.64 m | ||
1994 | Helsinki, Finland | 14th (q) | Javelin | 55.08 m | ||
1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | Javelin | 67.56 m | ||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th | Javelin | 58.56 m |
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