Yelena Gorchakova
Yelena Gorchakova at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 17 May 1933 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 January 2002 (aged 68) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 62.40 m (1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova (Russian: Елена Егоровна Горчакова; 17 May 1933 – 27 January 2002) was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she set a world record in the qualification that remained unbeaten for eight years.[1][2]
During her long career Gorchakova had a fierce competition within the Soviet national team and won the national title only twice, in 1963 and 1965. As a result, despite being a world's top thrower she rarely competed internationally. Gorchakova won the javelin event at the 1961 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 1966 European Championships. She retired shortly thereafter.[2]
References
- ^ "Athletics – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2006.
- ^ a b Yelena Gorchakova. sports-reference.com
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- 1959: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1961: Yelena Gorchakova (URS)
- 1963: Almut Brömmel (FRG)
- 1965: Mihaela Peneș (ROM)
- 1967: RaNae Bair (USA)
- 1970: Daniela Jaworska (POL)
- 1973: Svetlana Korolyova (URS)
- 1975: Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)
- 1977: Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)
- 1979: Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM)
- 1981: Petra Felke (GDR)
- 1983: Beate Peters (FRG)
- 1985: Ivonne Leal (CUB)
- 1987: Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)
- 1989: Silke Renk (GDR)
- 1991: Tatyana Shikolenko (URS)
- 1993: Lee Young-sun (KOR)
- 1995: Felicia Ţilea (ROM)
- 1997: Isel López (CUB)
- 1999: Ewa Rybak (POL)
- 2001: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2003: Barbara Madejczyk (POL)
- 2005: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2007: Buoban Pamang (THA)
- 2009: Sunette Viljoen (RSA)
- 2011: Sunette Viljoen (RSA)
- 2013: Mariya Abakumova (RUS)
- 2015: Tatsiana Khaladovich (BLR)
- 2017: Marcelina Witek (POL)
- 2019: Liveta Jasiūnaitė (LTU)
- 2021: Eda Tuğsuz (TUR)
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