- Nadezhda Olizarenko
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Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for the Soviet Union Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow 800 metres Bronze 1980 Moscow 1500 metres Summer Universiade Gold 1979 Mexico City 800 metres European Championships Gold 1986 Stuttgart 800 metres Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko (Russian: Надежда Фёдоровна Олизаренко; born 28 November 1953 in Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast) is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.
Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva and Tatyana Providokhina for a Soviet clean sweep of the medals. This added to the bronze medal she won in the 1500 metres at the same games.
In 1980 Olizarenko set a world record and also her personal best over 800 metres with 1:53.43; this record stood until 1983, when it was bettered by Jarmila Kratochvílová. As of 2010[update], it is still the all-time number two mark in women's 800 metres. She won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics.
References
Records Preceded by
Tatyana KazankinaWomen's 800 metres World Record Holder
1980-06-12 – 1983-07-26Succeeded by
Jarmila KratochvílováOlympic Champions in Women's 800 m - 1928: Lina Radke (GER)
- 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS)
- 1964: Ann Packer (GBR)
- 1968: Madeline Manning (USA)
- 1972: Hildegard Falck (FRG)
- 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
- 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)
- 1984: Doina Melinte (ROU)
- 1988: Sigrun Wodars (GDR)
- 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED)
- 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
- 2000: Maria Mutola (MOZ)
- 2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR)
- 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
European Champions in Women's 800 m 1954: Nina Otkalenko (URS) • 1958: Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (URS) • 1962: Gerda Kraan (NED) • 1966: Vera Nikolić (YUG) • 1969: Lillian Board (GBR) • 1971: Vera Nikolić (YUG) • 1974: Lilyana Tomova (BUL) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1982: Olga Mineyeva (URS) • 1986: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1994: Lyubov Gurina (RUS) • 1998: Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2006: Olga Kotlyarova (RUS) • 2010: Mariya Savinova (RUS)
Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 800 m 1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA) • 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) • 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN) • 1965: Laine Erik (URS) • 1967: Madeline Manning (USA) • 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS) • 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) • 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS) • 1993: Amy Wickus (USA) • 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED) • 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR) • 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS) • 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO) • 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM) • 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) • 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) • 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS) • 2011: Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
World Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m 1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) • 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) • 1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 2000–2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2004–2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) • 2006–2007: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) • 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN) • 2009: Caster Semenya (RSA) • 2010: Alysia Montaño (USA)
Categories:- 1953 births
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