Olha Bryzhina

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Gold	1988 Seoul	400 m
Gold	1988 Seoul	4x400 m relay
Competitor for  Unified Team
Gold	1992 Barcelona	4x400 m relay
Silver	1992 Barcelona	400 m
World Championships
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Gold	1987 Rome	400 m
Gold	1991 Tokyo	4x400 m relay
Silver	1987 Rome	4x400 m relay

Olha Bryzhina (Ukrainian: Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented USSR (until 1991) and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (as of 2010^[update]).^[1] Bryzhina also became world champion in 1987. Her personal best of 48.27 seconds is the 4th best result of all time. Bryzhina's husband Viktor Bryzhin was also a champion track athlete winning gold in 1988 Olympics. Together they have a daughter Yelizaveta Bryzhina^[2][3][4] who is also a successful athlete (competing for Ukraine).^[5][6]

Personal bests

• 200 metres - 22.44 (1985)
• 400 metres - 48.27 (1985)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	400 metres
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	1st	400 metres
			1st	4x400m relay	3:15.17 WR
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	400 metres
Representing  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	400 metres
			1st	4x400m relay

References

1. ^ "Athletics - World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_139.pdf&id=139. Retrieved September 12, 2006. 
2. ^ Romanization of Russian differs from Romanization of Ukrainian
3. ^ Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2, International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)
4. ^ (Ukrainian) Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога, Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)
5. ^ Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze, BBC (August 1, 2010)
6. ^ Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster, BBC (July 31, 2010)

External links

• IAAF profile for Olga Bryzgina

Persondata
Name	Bryzhina, Olha
Alternative names	Бризгіна, Ольга; Владыкина, Аркадьевна Ольга; Vladykina, Olga
Short description	Soviet sprinter
Date of birth	June 30, 1963
Place of birth	Krasnokamsk
Date of death
Place of death