Walentina Fedjuschina

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameWalentina•Fedjuschina (-Sintschenko)
Used nameWalentina•Fedjuschina
Other namesValentyna Anatoliïvna Fediushyna (-Zinchenko), Валентина Анатоліївна Федюшина (-Зінченко), Valentina Anatolyevna Fedyushina (-Zinchenko), Валентина Анатольевна Федюшина (-Зинченко)
Born10 February 1965 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS)
Measurements190 cm / 90 kg
AffiliationsSA Simferopol/Leichtathletikclub Wien
NOC Austria Soviet Union Ukraine
Nationality Ukraine

Biography

Ukrainian Walentina Fedjuschina represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in shot put but failed to qualify for the final. In 1996, she then represented her birth country and finished 12th. At the European Indoor Championships that same year Fedjuschina collected her only international medal, a bronze. She was briefly married to Ukraine discus thrower Vladimir Zinchenko.

Walentina Fedjuschina moved to Austria in 1999 and was soon naturalised. She then became Austrian shot put champion five times (1999-2004). She represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and again finished 12th.

Personal Best: SP – 21.60i (1991).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1988 Summer Olympics Athletics URS UKR Valentyna Fediushyna
Shot Put, Women (Olympic) 13 QR
1996 Summer Olympics Athletics UKR Valentyna Fediushyna
Shot Put, Women (Olympic) 12
2000 Summer Olympics Athletics AUT Walentina Fedjuschina
Shot Put, Women (Olympic) 12

Olympic family relations

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