Mariya Pinigina

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	4x400 m relay
World Championships
Silver	1987 Rome	4x400 m relay
Bronze	1983 Helsinki	400 m
Bronze	1983 Helsinki	4x400 m relay

Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina (Russian: Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина, nee Kulchunova) (born 9 February 1958) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kiev. She represented the Soviet Union.

Pinigina competed for USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates 400m hurdles silver medalist Tatyana Ledovskaya, 400m bronze medalist Olga Nazarova and olympic 400m champion Olga Bryzgina. That USSR relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten.^[1]

She also won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

Mariya Pinigina is the wife of the Olympic wrestling champion Pavel Pinigin. They have three sons.

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. 

Persondata
Name	Pinigina, Marina
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Date of birth	9 February 1958
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