Natalya Sokolova (sprinter)

Natalya Sokolova
Personal information
Born (1949-10-06) 6 October 1949
Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1976 Montreal4x400 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1974 Rome4x400 m
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place1977 Sofia400 m

Natalya Dmitriyevna Sokolova (Russian: Наталья Дмитриевна Соколова; née Куличкова, Kulichkova; born 6 October 1949 in Moscow) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Sokolova trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila Aksyonova and Nadezhda Ilyina.

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