Lyudmila Bragina

Lyudmila Bragina

Lyudmila Bragina in 1972
Personal information
Born	24 July 1943 (1943-07-24) (age 72) Sverdlovsk, Russia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m
Club	Dynamo Krasnodar
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m – 4:01.38 (1972) 3000 m – 8:27.12 (1976)
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1972 Munich 1500 m European Championships 1974 Rome 3000 m

Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Russian middle distance runner. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976. In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1, semifinal and final of the 1972 Olympics.^[1][2] The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three world records in the 3000 m, in 1972, 1974 and 1976.^[3] At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors (1974), and in the 800 m (1970) and 1,500 m indoors (1971–72).^[1]

In 1960 Bragina started training in the high jump, and changed to running only in 1964. Born with weak lungs in the cold Urals, she had a career-threatening bout of pneumonia in 1966. After recovering she moved to the south of Russia, in Krasnodar,^[4] where she later worked as an athletics coach.^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 Lyudmila Bragina. sports-reference.com
2. ↑ "Athletics – World Record progression" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 September 2006. 
3. ↑ "World and European Record Progression". Athletix.org. 
4. ↑ Брагина, Людмила Ивановна. sportlegend.kulichki.net

External links

• (Russian) Biography

Records
Preceded by Karin Burneleit	Women's 1500 m World Record Holder 1972-07-18 — 1976-06-28	Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina
Preceded by Paola Cacchi	Women's 3000 m World Record Holder 12 August 1972 — 24 June 1975	Succeeded by Grete Andersen-Waitz
Preceded by Grete Waitz	Women's 3000 m World Record Holder 7 August 1976 — 25 July 1982	Succeeded by Svetlana Ulmasova
Sporting positions
Preceded by Joyce Smith	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1972	Succeeded by Paola Cacchi
Preceded by Paola Cacchi	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1974	Succeeded by Grete Waitz
Preceded by Grete Waitz	Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1976	Succeeded by Grete Waitz