Tamara Tyshkevich

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Tamara Tyshkevich
Tamara Tyshkevich
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Melbourne Shot put

Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich (Russian: Тамара Андреевна Тышкевич) (March 31, 1931 – December 27, 1997) was an athlete who mainly competed in the shot put event. She trained in Leningrad at Zenit and represented the Soviet Union.

She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal.



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Olympic Champions in the Women's Shot Put
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 Karolchyk • 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá
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