Vera Krepkina
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Vera Samuilovna Krepkina (later Kalashnikova, Russian: Вера Самуиловна Крепкина (Калашникова)) (born April 16, 1933) is a retired Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union.
She was born in Kotelnich. She trained in Vologda and later in Kiev at Lokomotiv.
Krepkina competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. Better known as a sprinter, she won a surprise gold in the Long Jump with an Olympic record of 6.37, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus.
Vera Krepkina was awarded Order of Lenin (1960).
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