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Natalia Kushnir
Personal information
Full name	Nataliya Grigoryevna Kushnir (-Puchkova)
Nickname	Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1954-05-06) 6 May 1954 (age 70) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
National team
Soviet Union
Honours Women's volleyball Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team

Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир; born 6 May 1954) is a Russian former volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist.

Kushnir, who is Jewish, was born in Moscow, Russia. She played volleyball for Lokomotiv Moskva, and for the Soviet Union.

Kushnir and the Soviet Union team won the team gold medal in volleyball at the 1971 European Championships. She and the Soviet team won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, losing to Japan in the finals.

See also

• List of Jewish volleyball players

References

1. ^ "Nataliya Kushnir Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
2. Peter S. Horvitz (April 2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
3. ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
4. Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
5. Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 9780853035169. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
6. ^ "Kushnir, Natalia". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

External links

• Natalia Kushnir at Olympedia
• Sports-reference bio
• Jews in Sports bio

v t e Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
Anna Rostova Lyudmila Shchetinina Liliya Osadchaya Inna Ryskal Natalia Kushnir Olga Kozakova Nina Smoleyeva Lyubov Rudovskaya Larisa Bergen Lyudmila Chernyshyova Zoya Yusova Nina Muradyan Coach: Givi Akhvlediani

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