Natalya Cherniyenko (born 1 October 1965) is a Ukrainian female former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw for the Soviet Union. She was the gold medallist at the 1983 European Athletics Junior Championships.[1] She later represented her country at senior level at the 1990 European Athletics Championships and the 1991 World Championships in Athletics, finishing fourth at the latter event. She achieved a personal best of 67.88 m (222 ft 8+14 in) in 1990 which ranked her fifth globally and third among Europeans for the season.[2][3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1983 European Junior Championships Schwechat, Austria 1st Javelin throw 62.04 m
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 13th (q) Javelin throw 57.46 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th Javelin throw 65.22 m

References

  1. European Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. European Top Performers (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. Natalya Cherniyenko. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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