Taisia Chenchik

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Olympic medal record
Women’s Track and field
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	High Jump

Taisia Filippovna Chenchik (Russian: Таисия Филипповна Ченчик) (born 30 January 1936 in Priluki) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. At the national level she competed for Burevestnik, training in Chelyabinsk (1956-62) and in Moscow (1963-69).

She competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the High Jump where she won the bronze medal. She is also the European Champion (1963) and 1963 Summer Universiade Champion.

Chenchik was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.