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Natalya Pechonkina

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Natalya Pechonkina
Personal information
Born (1946-07-15) 15 July 1946 (age 80)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Soviet Union
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1968 Mexico City400 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1971 Helsinki4×400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1971 Sofia4×200 m
Silver medal – second place1972 Grenoble4×360 m

Natalya Pechonkina (née Burda, later Chistyakova,Russian: Наталья Печёнкина (Бурда, Чистякова); born July 15, 1946) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Under maiden name Burda, she began athletics in Saratov, coached by B.Kolokolov. She received the title Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class in 1967 and competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 400 metres where she won the bronze medal.

She is the mother of pole vaulter Viktor Chistiakov and the grandmother of Australian pole vaulters Liz Parnov and Vicky Parnov.

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