Natalya German

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Natalya German (Russian: Наталья Герман; born 10 November 1963) is a Ukrainian former track and field sprinter who competed for the Soviet Union Born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, she had a very brief period of success in sprinting In 1987 she won the 200 metres at the Soviet Athletics Championships with a time of 23 25 seconds.

This was the slowest winning recorded at the competition after the introduction of fully automatic timing equipment However, she achieved a much quicker personal best in Chelyabinsk that year of 22 47 seconds This ranked her as the 13th fastest in the world for the discipline that year.

German's sole appearance at a major athletics competition came at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics She did not perform well individually, being eliminated in the first round as the fastest non-qualifier Success awaited her in the relay, however, as she ran the curve leg in a Soviet women's team including Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, and Olga Antonova The team ended up a clear third place behind the American and East German women.