Yevgeniya Sechenova

Yevgeniya Sechenova

Personal information
Born	17 August 1918 Sevastopol, Ukraine
Died	June 1990 (aged 71)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union European Athletics Championships Gold 1946 Oslo 100 meters Gold 1946 Oslo 200 meters Bronze 1946 Oslo 4×100 m relay Silver 1950 Brussels 100 meters Silver 1950 Brussels 200 meters Bronze 1950 Brussels 4×100 m relay

Yevgeniya Ivanovna Sechenova (Russian: Евгения Ивановна Сеченова; 17 August 1918 – June 1990) was a Soviet sprint runner who won six medals at the European championships in 1946 and 1950. She was part of the Soviet 4×200 m relay team that set world records in 1950 and 1951.^[1] She also competed in the 200 m and 4×100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the relay.^[2]

Sechenova won 20 national titles in 100 m (1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950), 200 m (1939, 1940, 1944, 1949), 4×100 m (1939, 1940, 1946, 1949–1951) and 4×200 m (1946, 1948–1951). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.^[3]

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