Zinaida Turchyna

Married to coach Igor Turchyn, she gave birth to a daughter Natalia in 1971 and a son Mykhailo in 1983.

Natalia Turchyna — master of sports of international class, also achieved considerable success in handball.

Natalia played handball alongside her mother for Spartak Kyiv, while Mikhailo went into basketball.

[5] After the death of her husband in 1993, Turchyna took over his coaching positions at Spartak Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team.

In total, she played more than 500 international matches for the USSR national team from 1965 to 1988, were even more impressive.