# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/natalya-donchenko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:56:38.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/natalya-donchenko"
name: "Natalya Donchenko"
slug: "natalya-donchenko"
description: "Natalya Sergeyevna Donchenko was the first female Soviet speed skater to win an Olympic medal. She had taught herself to skate on an abandoned rink during World War two. She was spotted and asked to join a skating team. She said her most proud moment was to win in 1945 but her Olympic Silver medal in California was her greatest achievement."
tagline: "Speed skater (1932–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Natalya_Sergeyevna_Donchenko_died_2022.jpeg"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1932-08-25"
deathDate: "2022-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.42
  momentum:             10.58823529411765
  historical:           12.00306
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%97%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Донченко Наталія Сергіївна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ناتاليا دونتشينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Don%C4%8Denkov%C3%A1"
    title: "Natalja Dončenková"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Sergejewna_Dontschenko"
    title: "Natalja Sergejewna Dontschenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Donchenko"
    title: "Natalya Donchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "ناتالیا دانچنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Donchenko"
    title: "Natalya Donchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal'ja_Don%C4%8Denko"
    title: "Natal'ja Dončenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Dontsjenko"
    title: "Natalja Dontsjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Dontsjenko"
    title: "Natalja Dontsjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Donczenko"
    title: "Natalja Donczenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Donchenko"
    title: "Natalya Donchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Донченко, Наталья Сергеевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalja_Dontjenko"
    title: "Natalja Dontjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump