Valentina Fedjuschina (born 10 February 1965 in Moscow) is a retired Austrian shot putter.
She originally competed for Soviet Union and Ukraine, but became an Austrian citizen in 1999 to compete in the Sydney Olympic games for this country. She is married to discus thrower Volodymyr Zinchenko.
Her personal best put is 21.08 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Leselidze. She holds the 3rd best ever indoor performance with 21.60 meters, in Simferopol.
As an Austrian citizen she has set a national record for that country with 19.21 metres in July 1999 in Casablanca.[1]
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| 1983 | European Junior Championships | Schwechat, Austria | 2nd | 17.01 m |
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 13th | 19.06 m | |
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| 1992 | Genoa, Italy | 4th | 18.95 m[2] | |
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| 1993 | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 19.07 m | |
| Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 19.27 m | ||
| 1994 | Paris, France | — | NM | |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 18.91 m | |
| 1995 | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 18.48 m | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | 18.03 m | |
| 1996 | Stockholm, Sweden | 3rd | 18.90 m | |
| Atlanta, United States | 12th | 17.99 m | ||
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | 20th | 17.31 m | |
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| 1999 | Seville, Spain | 7th | 18.17 m | |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 12th | 17.14 m | |
| 2002 | Vienna, Austria | 4th | 18.23 m | |
| Munich, Germany | 13th | 17.11 m | ||