Svetlana Styrkina
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union
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IAAF World Cup
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1977 Dusseldorf | 800 m |
Svetlana Styrkina (
middle-distance runner for the Soviet Union. She represented her country at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a three-time Soviet national champion.[1][2]
Born in
Natalya Sokolova and Nadezhda Ilyina.[6]
Styrkina remained prominent on the international circuit the following year, with a fourth-place finish at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships and top three finishes at the 1977 IAAF World Cup and the 1977 European Cup.[7][8] Her season's best time of 1:58.73 minutes ranked her sixth in the world. She competed at a high level in the remainder of the late 1970s, recording 1:57.9 minutes in 1978 and 1:58.0 minutes in 1979, before dropping off the international scene.[9]
After retiring from competition she went into coaching, with double Olympic champion Svetlana Masterkova among her charges.[10]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 5th | 800 m | 1:56.44 |
| 1977 | European Indoor Championships | San Sebastián, Spain | 4th | 800 m | 1:56.44 |
| European Cup | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 800 m | 2:00.96 | |
| IAAF World Cup | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 3rd | 800 m
|
1:59.72 |
National titles
- Soviet Athletics Championships
- 800 m: 1977
- Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships
- 800 m: 1977, 1979
References
- ^ Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Svetlana Styrkina. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ 800 metres Senior Women All-Time. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Soviet women break world track records. Chicago Tribune (1976-08-08). Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ European Cup (women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ World Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Svetlana Styrkina. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. 9781857431223. Retrieved on 2017-04-03.
