- Mariya Pisareva
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Olympic medal record Women's Athletics Silver 1956 Melbourne High jump Mariya Pisareva (Russian: Мария Писарева; born 9 April, 1934) is a retired Soviet Union athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She trained at Zenit in Moscow[1]
She competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the High Jump where she won the silver medal jointly with Thelma Hopkins.
After her athletic career she married discus thrower Oto Grigalka.
External links
References
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979) (in Russian). All about Olympic Games. (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 390.
Categories:- 1934 births
- Living people
- Soviet high jumpers
- Soviet athletes
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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