- Nadezhda Chizhova
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Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова) (born 29 September, 1945 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier. Her toughest rival was Margitta Gummel.
World records
- 16.60 metres in 1964 (world junior record)
- 18.67 metres on 28 April 1968 in Sochi
- 19.72 metres on 30 May 1969 in Moscow
- 20.09 metres on 13 July 1969 in Chorzów
- 20.43 metres on 16 September 1969 in Athens
- 20.63 metres on 19 May 1972 in Sochi
- 21.03 metres on 7 September 1972 in Munich
- 21.20 metres on 28 August 1973 in Lvov
Her latest record stood until 21 September 1974 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to 21.57 metres.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Soviet Union 1965 Universiade Budapest, Hungary 2nd 1966 European Indoor Games Dortmund, West Germany 3rd European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 1967 European Indoor Games Prague, Czechoslovakia 1st 1968 European Indoor Games Madrid, Spain 1st 1969 European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 20.43 m WR 1970 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st Universiade Turin, Italy 1st 1971 European Indoor Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 1st European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 1972 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 1st Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 1st 21.03 m WR 1973 Universiade Moscow, Soviet Union 1st 1974 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd European Championships Rome, Italy 1st 1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 2nd 20.96 m External links
Records Preceded by
—Women's Shot Put World Record Holder
September 7, 1972 – September 21, 1974Succeeded by
Helena FibingerováOlympic Champions in Women's Shot Put - 1948: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
- 1952: Galina Zybina (URS)
- 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich (URS)
- 1960: Tamara Press (URS)
- 1964: Tamara Press (URS)
- 1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR)
- 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1976: Ivanka Hristova (BUL)
- 1980: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
- 1984: Claudia Losch (FRG)
- 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
- 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)
- 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
- 2000: Yanina Karolchyk (BLR)
- 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)
- 2008: Valerie Vili (NZL)
European Champions in Women's Shot Put 1938: Hermine Schröder (GER) • 1946: Tatyana Sevryokova (URS) • 1950: Anna Andreyeva (URS) • 1954: Galina Zybina (URS) • 1958: Marianne Werner (FRG) • 1962: Tamara Press (URS) • 1966: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1969: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1971: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1974: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1978: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1982: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1986: Heidi Krieger (GDR) • 1990: Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) • 1994: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2006: Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR) • 2010: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)
World Best Year Performance in Women's Shot Put 1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR) • 1969 – 1973: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1974: Helena Fibingerová (TCH) • 1975: Marianne Adam (GDR) • 1976 – 1977: Helena Fibingerová (TCH) • 1978 – 1983: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1984 – 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1989: Li Meisu (CHN) • 1990: Sui Xinmei (CHN) • 1991: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1992 – 1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 1994: Sui Xinmei (CHN) • 1995 – 1997: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) • 1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 2000 – 2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) • 2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2003: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 2004: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2005 – 2006: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) • 2007: Valerie Vili (NZL) • 2008: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) • 2009: Valerie Vili (NZL) • 2010: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
Categories:- 1945 births
- Living people
- Shot putters
- Soviet athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Spartak athletes
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- People from Irkutsk Oblast
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
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