Natalya Melyokhina

Natalya Melekhina
Personal information
Born(1962-04-05)5 April 1962
Died28 March 2024(2024-03-28) (aged 61)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Women's Road cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1989 ChambéryTeam time trial
Bronze medal – third place1990 UtsunomiyaTeam time trial

Natalya Nikolaevna Melyokhina (Russian: Наталья Николаевна Мелёхина; 5 April 1962 – 28 March 2024) was a Soviet Union road cyclist. She became World Champion in the women's team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 1987 and finished second in 1990.[1][2] In 1990 she also won stage 5 in Tour Cycliste Féminin de la Drôme and finished second in the general classification.[3] Melyokhina died on 28 March 2024, at the age of 61.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Championnat du Monde féminin CLM par équipes 1989". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Championnat du Monde féminin CLM par équipes 1990". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Ljubow Pogowitschnikowa. cyclingarchives.com. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Чемпионка мира по велоспорту на шоссе Наталья Мелёхина умерла в возрасте 61 года (in Russian)