Natalya Sorokivskaya (;Юбилейный бал королевы. Time Kazakhstan (2008-07-05). Retrieved on 2017-02-14. born 23 July 1962) is a Kazakhstani female former long-distance runner who competed for the Soviet Union and later Kazakhstan.Natalya Sorokivskaya. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-0. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.Natalya Sorokivskaya. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2017-02-14. She competed in track, road and cross country running disciplines.Natalya Sorokivskaya. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2017-02-14. She holds the Kazakhstani national records from 3000 metres to the 10K run and also the half marathon record.Kazakhstani Athletics Records. Kazakhstani Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.
She was a seven-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 1987 and 1994, with her best performance being on her debut when she came tenth. She was part of the winning Soviet women's team in 1989, alongside Nadezhda Stepanova, Yelena Romanova, and Regina Chistyakova. She also won team bronze medals in 1987 and 1991.
Sorokivskaya won two 10,000 metres bronze medals on the track for the Soviet Union, first at the 1987 European Cup and then at the 1989 IAAF World Cup.European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.World Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14. She was twice national champion on the track, taking the 10,000 m at the 1989 Soviet Athletics Championships and the 5000 metres title at the 1990 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.
She had her first national podium finish in 1986, coming third over 5000 m and represented the Soviet Union at the 1986 Goodwill Games as a result. She took a team gold medal at the IAAF World Road Relay Championships in 1994.IAAF World Road Relay Championships. ARRS. Retrieved on 2017-02-14. She also represented the Soviet women's team at the International Chiba Ekiden in 1988 and 1991, the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1995, and the Beijing International Women's Ekiden in 1992 and 1994. On the professional circuit, she was runner-up at the Egmond Half Marathon, Tilburg 10K and Eurocross in 1993, runner-up at the 4 Mijl van Groningen and Tilburg 5-miler in 1995, and third-placer at the 1995 Frankfurt Half Marathon.
International competitions 1986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union11th5000 m15:47.731987World Cross Country ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland10thSenior race17:133rdTeam55 ptsEuropean CupPrague, Czechoslovakia3rd10,000 m33:10.181989World Cross Country ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway20thSenior race23:271stTeam58 ptsEuropean CupGateshead, United Kingdom4th10,000 m33:10.86IAAF World CupBarcelona, Spain3rd10,000 m32:15.531990World Cross Country ChampionshipsAix-les-Bains, France29thSenior race20:051991World Cross Country ChampionshipsAntwerp, Belgium11thSenior race20:573rdTeam48 pts1991European CupFrankfurt, Germany6th10,000 m32:52.501992World Cross Country ChampionshipsBoston, United States23rdSenior race22:0415thTeam256 pts1993World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmorebieta, Spain31stSenior race20:5017thTeam330 pts1994World Cross Country ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary72ndSenior race22:0122ndTeam399 ptsWorld Half Marathon ChampionshipsOslo, Norway38thHalf marathon1:13:4113thTeam3:43:31IAAF World Road Relay ChampionshipsLitochoro, Greece2nd (leg)10 km33:211stTeam2:17:19
National titles Soviet Athletics Championships 10,000 m: 1989 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships 5000 m: 1990
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