Natella Archipowna Krasnikowa



Natella Archipowna Krasnikowa ( Russian Нателла Архиповна Красникова ; * October 141953 in Mogocha ) is a former hockey player. With the crew of the Soviet Union, she won bronze at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Krasnikowa originally came from basketball in 1978 and played for the hockey department of Spartak Moscow . In 1983 she moved to Kolos Borispol (now in Boryspil , Ukraine ), where they played until 1990. Six times they won the Soviet Championship (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989), and several times the Cup.

With the Soviet national team Natella Krasnikowa not only won the Olympic bronze medal, but also bronze at the World Championships in 1981, and European Championships once each silver (1984) and bronze (1987). From 1979 to 1989 she scored 220 goals in 173 appearances for the national team.