Nadezhda Chizhova

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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.

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 Chorzów
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.

Achievements

Representing Soviet Union
1965	Universiade	Budapest, Hungary	2nd
1966	European Indoor Games	Dortmund, West Germany	3rd
1966	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
1970	Universiade	Turin, Italy	1st
1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	1st
1971	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st
1972	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	1st
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	1st	21.03 m WR
1973	Universiade	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd
1974	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	2nd	20.96 m

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Sporting Heroes

Records
Preceded by —	Women's Shot Put World Record Holder 7 September 1972 – 21 September 1974	Succeeded by Helena Fibingerová

Olympic Champions in Women's Shot Put

1948: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952: Galina Zybina (URS)
1956: Tamara Tyshkevich (URS)
1960: Tamara Press (URS)
1964: Tamara Press (URS)
1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR)
1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1976: Ivanka Khristova (BUL)
1980: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1984: Claudia Losch (FRG)
1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
1992: Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)
1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
2000: Yanina Karolchyk (BLR)
2004: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)
2008: Valerie Vili (NZL)
2012: Valerie Adams (NZL)

European Champions in Women's Shot Put

1938: Hermine Schröder (GER)
1946: Tatyana Sevryokova (URS)
1950: Anna Andreyeva (URS)
1954: Galina Zybina (URS)
1958: Marianne Werner (FRG)
1962: Tamara Press (URS)
1966: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1969: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1971: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1974: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1978: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1982: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1986: Heidi Krieger (GDR)
1990: Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR)
1994: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
2006: Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR)
2010: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
2012: Nadine Kleinert (GER)

European Indoor Champions in Women's Shot Put

1970: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1971: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1973: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1974: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1975: Marianne Adam (GDR)
1976: Ivanka Khristova (BUL)
1977: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1978: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1979: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1980: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1981: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1982: Verzhinia Vesselinova (BUL)
1983: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1984: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1985: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1986: Claudia Losch (FRG)
1987: Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)
1988: Claudia Losch (FRG)
1989: Stephanie Storp (FRG)
1990: Claudia Losch (FRG)
1992: Natalya Lisovskaya (RUS)
1994: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
1998: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
2000: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)
2002: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
2005: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
2007: Assunta Legnante (ITA)
2009: Petra Lammert (GER)
2011: Anna Avdeyeva (RUS)
2013: Christina Schwanitz (GER)

World Best Year Performance in Women's Shot Put

1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR)
1969 – 1973: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
1974: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1975: Marianne Adam (GDR)
1976 – 1977: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1978 – 1983: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1984 – 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
1989: Li Meisu (CHN)
1990: Sui Xinmei (CHN)
1991: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
1992 – 1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
1994: Sui Xinmei (CHN)
1995 – 1997: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
2000 – 2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)
2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
2003: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
2004: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
2005 – 2006: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
2007: Valerie Vili (NZL)
2008: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
2009: Valerie Vili (NZL)
2010: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
2011: Valerie Adams (NZL)
2012: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)

Persondata
Name	Chizhova, Nadezhda
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	1945
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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