Olha Bryzhina
Olha Bryzhina (Ukrainian: Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented USSR (until 1991) and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (as of 2010[update]).[1] Bryzhina also became world champion in 1987. Her personal best of 48.27 seconds is the 4th best result of all time. Bryzhina's husband Viktor Bryzhin was also a champion track athlete winning gold in 1988 Olympics. Together they have a daughter Yelizaveta Bryzhina[2][3][4] who is also a successful athlete (competing for Ukraine).[5][6]
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Romanization of Russian differs from Romanization of Ukrainian
- ^ Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2, International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога, Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)
- ^ Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze, BBC (August 1, 2010)
- ^ Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster, BBC (July 31, 2010)
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- 1972: East Germany (Käsling, Kühne, Seidler, Zehrt)
- 1976: East Germany (Maletzki, Rohde, Streidt, Brehmer)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Prorochenko, Goyshchik, Zyuskova, Nazarova)
- 1984: United States (Leatherwood, Howard, Brisco-Hooks, Cheeseborough)
- 1988: Sovie Union (Ledovskaya, Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzhina)
- 1992: Unified Team (Ruzina, Dzhigalova, Nazarova, Bryzhina, Nurutdinova, Shmonina)
- 1996: United States (Stevens, Malone-Wallace, Graham, Miles, Wilson)
- 2000: United States (Miles Clark, Hennagan, Colander, Anderson)
- 2004: United States (Trotter, Henderson, Richards, Hennagan, Cox, Robinson)
- 2008: United States (Wineberg, Felix, Henderson, Richards, Hastings)
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Bryzhina, Olha |
| Alternative names |
Бризгіна, Ольга; Владыкина, Аркадьевна Ольга; Vladykina, Olga |
| Short description |
Soviet sprinter |
| Date of birth |
June 30, 1963 |
| Place of birth |
Krasnokamsk |
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