Aleksandra Chudina
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Women's Athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | Long Jump | |
| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | Javelin Throw | |
| Bronze | 1952 Helsinki | High Jump | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | Bern 1954 | Pentathlon | |
| Silver | Bern 1954 | Long Jump | |
Aleksandra Georgievna Chudina (Russian: Александра Георгиевна Чудина) (b. November 6, 1923 in the village of Kramskaya, Kurkinsky District, Tula Oblast[1] d. October 28, 1990) is a Soviet athlete who competed in many different field events. She trained at Dynamo in Moscow. [2]
[edit] Athletics
She competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the Javelin throw where she won the Silver medal, Long Jump where she also won a silver medal and placed third in the High Jump for the bronze medal.
On May 22 1954, she broke the world record in women's high jump in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters, breaking the previous record of 1.72 meters which had been set in London by Sheila Lerwill of Great Britain. Her record was broken on May 5 1956 in Belfast by Thelma Hopkins of Great Britain with a jump of 1.74 meters.[3]
[edit] Volleyball
She played for the USSR in the Volleyball team, and won the Volleyball World Championship with them in 1952, 1956 and 1960,[4] and the European Volleyball Championship in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958 and was runner-up to Czechoslovakia in 1955.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, entry on "Чудина", available online here
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 392.
- ^ World Records for High Jump (Women). World Records. Cleave Books. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Volleyball - Weltmeisterschaften (Damen). Historie. Sport Komplett. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ Volleyball - Europameisterschaften (Damen). Historie. Sport Komplett. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
