Tatyana Kazankina
Tatjana Wassiljewna Kasankina (Russian Татьяна Васильевна Казанкина, English transcription Tatyana Kazankina, . Born December 17, 1951 in Petrowsk ) is a former Russian track and field athlete. The middle distance runner won three gold medals in 1976 and 1980 at the Olympic Games.
Life
The launching of the Soviet Union Kasankina was over 1500 meters at the European Championships 1974 in Rome Fourth. At the European Indoor Championships 1975, she won the silver medal. In the Olympic year 1976, she was in February Vice World Champion at the World Cross Country Championships. Four weeks before the Olympics, she ran about 1,500 meters a new world record and remained as the first woman under four minutes. In Montreal, she started first in the 800 -meter run and won in a new world record time in front of the Bulgarian Nikolina Schterewa and the GDR - runner Elfi Zinn the gold medal. Four days later, she also won at the 1500 -meter distance before the two East German runners Gunhild Hoffmeister and Ulrike Klapezynski Olympic gold medal.
The following year, Kasankina won the 1500 meter course at the first World Cup in Dusseldorf. However, at the World Cross Country Championships 1978, she just ran to 19th place. 1979 Kasankina became a mother and took a break from competition. In July 1980 she improved her own world record in the 1,500 meters. Four weeks later at the Olympic Games in Moscow, she won at this track again the gold medal before the East Germans Christiane Wartenberg and her compatriot Nadezhda Olisarenko. Nearly fortnight after they further improved the world record and was faster than Paavo Nurmi was the first woman.
She then moved to the 3000 - meter course. At the World Championships in Helsinki she won the bronze medal. In July 1984, she set a world record, but at the Olympic Games, which were held this year in Los Angeles, they could not start because of the boycott of the Soviet Union. Her career came in September 1984 to an abrupt end. At a meeting in Paris, she won for the first time on the 5000 - meter course, but she refused the drug test and was banned for 18 months. After her doping suspension Kasankina occurred internationally only once in appearance. At the first World Cup in 15 - km road race it was 1986 Fifth and won with the Soviet team gold.
Kasankina scored a total of seven world records. Your achieved at the meeting world-class Zurich on August 13, 1980 time of 3:52,47 min over 1500 meters in was over 13 years and is today (2012 ) European record. She belonged to Burevestnik Leningrad and was competition times 162 cm tall and 47 kg.
She married Alexander Kovalenko and has two children. After her sports career was Kasankina sports teacher and director of a sports institute of the city of St. Petersburg.
Personal Best
- 800 m: 1:54,24 min, July 26, 1976 Montreal
- 1500 m: 3:52,47 min, August 13, 1980 Zurich
- 3000 m: 8:22,62 min, August 26, 1984, Leningrad