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{{MedalTableTop|sport= Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]|country_code=URS|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1989 Stavanger]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1987 Warsaw]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1991 Antwerp]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1989 IAAF World Cup|1989 Barcelona]]|10,000 m}}
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'''Natalya Sorokivskaya''' ({{lang-ru|Наталья Сорокивская}};<ref>[http://www.time.kz/news/archive/2008/07/05/5581 Юбилейный бал королевы]. ''Time Kazakhstan'' (2008-07-05). Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref> born 23 July 1962) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i female former [[long-distance runner]] who competed for the [[Soviet Union]] and later Kazakhstan.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kazakhstan/natalya-sorokivskaya-61780 Natalya Sorokivskaya]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-0. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref><ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3441&Gender=W Natalya Sorokivskaya]. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref> She competed in [[track and field|track]], [[road running|road]] and [[cross country running]] disciplines.<ref name=ARRS>[http://more.arrs.net/runner/1756/2/date/desc Natalya Sorokivskaya]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref> She holds the [[List of Kazakhstani records in athletics|Kazakhstani national records]] from [[3000 metres]] to the [[10K run]] and also the [[half marathon]] record.<ref>[http://www.kazathletics.kz/files/rekordi.pdf Kazakhstani Athletics Records]. Kazakhstani Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref>

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 (athletics)|1987 European Cup]] and then at the [[1989 IAAF World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epw.htm European Cup (Women)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm World Cup]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/urs.htm Soviet Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ursi.htm Soviet Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref>

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.<ref name=ARRS/> She took a team gold medal at the [[IAAF World Road Relay Championships]] in 1994.<ref>[http://www.arrs.net/HP_WChRy.htm IAAF World Road Relay Championships]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2017-02-14.</ref> 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]].<ref name=ARRS/>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|1986
|[[Athletics at the 1986 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Moscow]], Soviet Union
|11th
|[[Athletics at the 1986 Goodwill Games – Results|5000 m]]
|15:47.73
|-
|rowspan=3|1987
|rowspan=2|[[1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Warsaw]], Poland
|10th
|[[1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|17:13
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Team
|55 pts
|-
|[[1987 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Prague]], Czechoslovakia
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|10,000 m
|33:10.18
|-
|rowspan=4|1989
|rowspan=2|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stavanger]], Norway
|20th
|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|23:27
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Team
|58 pts
|-
|[[1989 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Gateshead]], United Kingdom
|4th
|10,000 m
|33:10.86
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|10,000 m
|32:15.53
|-
|1990
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Aix-les-Bains]], France
|29th
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|20:05
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|rowspan=2|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Antwerp]], Belgium
|11th
|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|20:57
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Team
|48 pts
|-
|1991
|[[1991 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Frankfurt]], Germany
|6th
|10,000 m
|32:52.50
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|rowspan=2|[[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Boston]], United States
|23rd
|[[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|22:04
|-
|15th
|Team
|256 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|[[1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Amorebieta]], Spain
|31st
|[[1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|20:50
|-
|17th
|Team
|330 pts
|-
|rowspan=6|1994
|rowspan=2|[[1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|72nd
|[[1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior race]]
|22:01
|-
|22nd
|Team
|399 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Oslo]], Norway
|38th
|Half marathon
|1:13:41
|-
|13th
|Team
|3:43:31
|-
|rowspan=2|[[IAAF World Road Relay Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Litochoro]], Greece
|2nd (leg)
|10 km
|33:21
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Team
|2:17:19
|}

==National titles==
*[[Soviet Athletics Championships]]
**10,000 m: 1989
*[[Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships]]
**5000 m: 1990

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IAAF name|61780}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sorokivskaya, Natalya}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Soviet female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female long-distance runners]]

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