fullname birth_place nationalteam nationality birth_date nickname article_title name
natalia grigoryevna kushnir moscow , russia soviet union russian 6 may 1954 Наталья Григорьевна Кушнир natalia kushnir
 natalia kushnir
natalia kushnir

natalia grigoryevna kushnir -lrb- ; born may 6 , 1954 -rrb- is a former soviet volleyball player and olympic silver medalist .
kushnir , who is jewish , was born in moscow , russia .
she played volleyball for lokomotiv moskva , and for the soviet union .
kushnir and the soviet union team won the team gold medal in volleyball at the 1971 european championships .
she and the soviet team won a silver medal at the 1976 olympics in montreal , losing to japan in the finals .
