Education
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow. She also has the four farthest throws of all time by a female shot putter. Lisovskaya married men"s hammer throw world record holder Yuriy Sedykh and has one daughter, Alexia.
They live in Paris, France.
Born in Alegazy, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Lisovskaya competed for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South of Korea where she won the gold medal. Lisovskaya holds the world record in the women"s shot put with a throw of 22.63 metres (74 feet 3 inches), which she achieved on 7 June 1987 in Moscow, Russia.
