- Tatyana Kazankina
Tatyana Vasilyevna Kazankina ( _ru. Татьяна Васильевна Казанкина) (born
December 17 ,1951 inPetrovsk ,Saratov Oblast ,Russian SFSR ) was a Soviet/Russia n runner who set seven world records and won a total of three golden medals at theOlympic Games . She was also awardedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour and the title "Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR " in 1976. Kazankina competed for VSS Burevestnik.A month before the 1976 Olympic Games in
Montreal , Kazankina became the first woman to run 1500 in under 4 minutes, her time of 3:56.0 improvingLudmila Bragina 's world record by 5.4 seconds. She won the 1500 m and 800 m golds in the Montreal games, setting a world record in the latter. In 1980, she ran the 1500 m in 3:52.47 becoming the first woman to run the distance faster thanPaavo Nurmi . This stood as a world record for thirteen years, and remains a European record. Her career came to an abrupt end in September 1984 when she was suspended for 18 months for refusing to undertake a drugs test after a 5000 m race inParis .Apart from her sports achievements Kazankina is known for her scientific works. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of
Leningrad State University in 1975. Later she defended her dissertation for the "Candidate of Pedagogical Science" degree at theLesgaft Institute of Physical Education and worked as a lecturer until 1997. She is the author of more than 20 scientific works.As of 2004 she lived in
Saint Petersburg and worked at the "State Committee of Physical Culture and Tourism" ofRussian Federation .Bibliography
*cite book|title=Tatiana Kazankina|author=L. Yu. Leonidov|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|series=Heroes of the Olympic Games|year=1982|location=Moscow|language=Russian|url=http://www.sportlib.ru/books/la/kazankina/
ee also
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List of doping cases in sport External links
* Britannica|9002645
* [http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?18866 Almost Forgotten Star: Interview with Tatiana Kazankina]
* [http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/kazankina_tv.htm Detailed biography]
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