Nadezhda Chizhova
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Athletics | |||
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Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Bronze | 1968 Mexico City | Shot Put | |
| Gold | 1972 Munich | Shot Put | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | Shot put | |
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.
[edit] 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 Chorzow
- 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.
[edit] Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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| 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 |
[edit] External link
| Olympic champions in women's shot put |
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| 1948: Micheline Ostermeyer | 1952: Galina Zybina | 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich | 1960: Tamara Press | 1964: Tamara Press | 1968: Margitta Gummel | 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova | 1976: Ivanka Hristova | 1980: Ilona Slupianek | 1984: Claudia Losch | 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya | 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova | 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss | 2000: Yanina Korolchik | 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá |
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