Natalya Pechonkina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Natalya Pechonkina

Soviet sprinter

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1946

Place of Birth: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Profession: sprinter, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Natalya Pechonkina (maiden name Burda, later Chistyakova,Russian: ??????? ????????? (?????, ?????????); born July 15, 1946) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Under maiden name Burda, she began athletics in Saratov, coached by B.Kolokolov.
She received the title Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class in 1967 and competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 400 metres where she won the bronze medal. She is the mother of pole vaulter Viktor Chistiakov and the grandmother of Australian pole vaulters Elizabeth Parnov and Vicky Parnov.