Tatyana Kazankina
Athletics
Russian Federation
| Full Name | Tatyana Kazankina |
| Profession / Role | Former Runner |
| Date of Birth | 17 Dec, 1951 |
Tatyana Vasilyevna Kazankina is a Soviet/ Russian former runner. She was born on 17th December 1951 in Petrovsk, Russia.
Her achievements:-
- In the year 1976, Tatyana was awarded the "Order of the Red Banner of Labour".
- In the same year (1976), she was honored with the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.
- Won gold medals in both 800m and 1500m events at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal
- Established a record, just a month before 1976 Olympics Games by being the first woman to finish 1500m in less than 4 minutes, finishing metric mile in 3:56.0
- In the year 1980, she set a new world record in 1500m event clocking 3:52.47 which stood as a world record for 13 years and still remains European record.
- She won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, held in Moscow, in the year 1980.
- Won a bronze medal in 3000 m event at the World Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, in the year 1983
Updated On : 26 Nov, 2021
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