Natalia Kushnir

Olympic medal record
Women's volleyball
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team competition

Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир; born May 6, 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]

See also

• List of select Jewish volleyball players

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Nataliya Kushnir Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/nataliya-kushnir-1.html. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
2. ^ Peter S. Horvitz. The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA193&dq=kushnir+volleyball&hl=en&ei=U1kzTu_5OYfZgQfKoKH_DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kushnir%20volleyball&f=false. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. http://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&pg=PA235&dq=kushnir+volleyball&hl=en&ei=U1kzTu_5OYfZgQfKoKH_DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=kushnir%20volleyball&f=false. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
4. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA212&dq=kushnir+volleyball&hl=en&ei=U1kzTu_5OYfZgQfKoKH_DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=kushnir%20volleyball&f=false. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
5. ^ Paul Yogi Mayer (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities. http://books.google.com/books?id=HXuBAAAAMAAJ&q=kushnir+volleyball&dq=kushnir+volleyball&hl=en&ei=U1kzTu_5OYfZgQfKoKH_DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Kushnir, Natalia". Jewsinsports.org. http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=353. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 

External links

• Sports-reference bio
• Jews in Sports bio

Persondata
Name	Kushnir, Natalia Grigoryevna
Alternative names
Short description	Volleyball player
Date of birth	May 6, 1954
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death