Lyudmila Bragina
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Women’s Athletics | ||
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1972 Munich | 1500 metres |
Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Брагина) (born 24 July 1943) is a former Soviet middle distance runner. She was born in Sverdlovsk and trained at Dynamo in Krasnodar.
She competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 1500 metres where she won the Gold medal. Bragina had beaten the World Record in the discipline three times there, in addition to setting it in July in Moscow.[1] The same year Bragina was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three World Records in the 3000 metres between 1972 and 1976.[2]
References
- ↑ "Athletics - World Record progression" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
- ↑ "World and European Record Progression". Athletix.org. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
External links
- (Russian) Biography
| Records | ||
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Preceded by Karin Burneleit |
Women's 1500m World Record Holder 1972-07-18 — 1976-06-28 |
Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina |
Preceded by Paola Cacchi |
Women's 3000m World Record Holder 12 August 1972 — 24 June 1975 |
Succeeded by Grete Andersen-Waitz |
| Preceded by Grete Waitz |
Women's 3000m World Record Holder 7 August 1976 — 25 July 1982 |
Succeeded by Svetlana Ulmasova |
| Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Joyce Smith |
Women's 3000m Best Year Performance 1972 |
Succeeded by Paola Cacchi |
| Preceded by Paola Cacchi |
Women's 3000m Best Year Performance 1974 |
Succeeded by Grete Waitz |
| Preceded by Grete Waitz |
Women's 3000m Best Year Performance 1976 |
Succeeded by Grete Waitz |
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