Kuchinskaya, Natalia (1949–)
Kuchinskaya, Natalia (1949–)
Soviet gymnast. Name variations: Natalya. Born Mar 1949 in USSR.
Won USSR championships (1965, 1968), Tiflis Invitational and USSR Cup (1966), and USSR Spartakiade (1967); at World championships, won gold medals for bars, beam, and floor, silver medals for team and indiv. all-around, and a bronze for vault (1966); at European championships, won silver medals for beam and floor (1967); at Mexico City Olympics, won gold medals for beam and team all-around and bronze medals for floor and all-around indiv. (1968).
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