Vera Komisova

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Vera Komisova

Personal information

Born

June 11, 1953
Leningrad, Soviet Union

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Competitor for the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	1980 Moscow	100 m hurdles
Silver	1980 Moscow	4x100 m relay

Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina (Russian: Вера Яковлевна Комисова bzw. Никитина, born 11 June 1953) is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.

References

v t e Olympic Champions in Women's 80 / 100 m Hurdles

80 m hurdles	1932: Babe Didrikson (USA) 1936: Ondina Valla (ITA) 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 1952: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) 1956: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) 1960: Irina Press (URS) 1964: Karin Balzer (GER) 1968: Maureen Caird (AUS)

100 m hurdles	1972: Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) 1976: Johanna Schaller-Klier (GDR) 1980: Vera Komisova (URS) 1984: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA) 1988: Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1992: Voula Patoulidou (GRE) 1996: Ludmila Engquist (SWE) 2000: Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 2004: Joanna Hayes (USA) 2008: Dawn Harper (USA) 2012: Sally Pearson (AUS)

Persondata
Name	Komisova, Vera
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	June 11, 1953
Place of birth	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death

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