Natalia Kushnir | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nataliya Grigoryevna Kushnir (-Puchkova) | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Russia | 6 May 1954||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир; born 6 May 1954) is a former Soviet volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist.[1]
Kushnir, who is Jewish, was born in Moscow, Russia.[1][2][3][4][5] She played volleyball for Lokomotiv Moskva, and for the Soviet Union.[1]
Kushnir and the Soviet Union team won the team gold medal in volleyball at the 1971 European Championships.[6] She and the Soviet team won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, losing to Japan in the finals.[1][3][6]