Nataliya Tymoshkina
{{short description|Soviet handball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
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| name =
| image = Nataliya Tymoshkina 1980.jpg
| caption = Tymoshkina at the 1980 Olympics
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| nationality =
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|25 May 1952}}
| birth_place = Leznik, Ukraine
| death_date =
| height =175 cm
| weight = 74 kg
| position =
| sport =Handball
| club = HC Spartak Kyiv
| coach = Igor Turchin
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| 1976 Montreal |Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1980 Moscow |Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1973 Yugoslavia|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1975 Soviet Union|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1978 Czechoslovakia|Team}}
}}
Nataliya Leonidivna Tymoshkina (née Sherstyuk, {{langx|uk|Наталія Леонідівна Тимошкіна-Шерстюк}}, born 25 May 1952) is a retired Ukrainian handball goalkeeper. She was part of the Soviet teams that won gold medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed second at the 1975 and 1978 world championships. The Soviet team leaders Zinaida Turchyna and Tetyana Kocherhina credit the 1976 Olympic victory to Tymoshkina.
Tymoshkina started as a field player, and was converted into a goalkeeper by the coach. While she understood that she was more efficient in the goal she never liked that position.
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Category:Soviet female handball players
Category:Ukrainian female handball players
Category:Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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