Aleksandra Chudina
Alexandra Georgievna Tschudina (Russian: Александра Георгиевна Чудина, born November 6, 1923 in Kramskaya in Belgorod Oblast, † 28 October 1990) was a Soviet athlete. At a height of 1.88 m her competition weight was 73 kg.
Alexandra Tschudina was a versatile athlete. It operated at a high level hockey, basketball, cycling and tennis. Both in athletics and in volleyball she was for years a world leader.
Career in athletics
International Championships
Alexandra Tschudina won two silver medals and one bronze medal at the Olympic Games. At the European Championships, she won gold medals and two silver.
The Soviet team appeared at the European Championships 1946 in Oslo the first time ever at international championships in athletics. Alexandra Tschudina started in the high jump. With 1.57 meters, she won silver behind the Frenchwoman Anne -Marie Colchen who crossed as only 1.60 meters. The world record holder Fanny blanker - Koen finished only fourth place in this competition.
After the Soviet Union at the 1948 Olympic Games did not participate and Tschudina 1950 did not compete at the European Championships, Alexandra Tschudina was only in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki again the world's elite over. The multi-discipline, their strongest discipline, stood until 1964 for the first time on the Olympic program. First Tschudina approached in the long jump and won with 6.14 meters silver, ten inches behind the New Zealander Yvette Williams. The next day Tschudina was 50.01 meters in the javelin Second, the Czech Dana Zátopková won with 50.47 meters. Three days later Tschudina won the third starting her third medal. With 1.63 meters, she won bronze in the high jump behind the South African Esther fire and the British Sheila Lerwill.
An even more extensive program graduated Alexandra Tschudina at the European Championships in Berne in 1954. It began with 47.05 meters and a fifth place in the javelin. The day after the pentathlon began with the first three disciplines. Then began the long jump finals between the high jump as a second discipline and the 200 -meter run as a third discipline. Here Tschudina won with 5.93 meters silver, eleven inches behind the Briton Jean Desforges. On the second day of the pentathlon Tschudina ultimately won with 4526 points ( 4020 points, according to current rating ) Gold from the Germans Maria Sander, Maria Sturm and Lena stump. In the high jump, which took place one day after the Pentathlon Finals, Tschudina covered with crossed 1.60 meters 6th place
Between 1949 and 1955, Alexandra Tschudina won ten gold medals at the World Student Games.
Soviet Championships
With 31 individual stocks Alexandra Tschudina was the most successful athlete at the Soviet Championships ever.
Specifically, she won 1945-1956 the following titles:
- 400 -meter run: 1945
- 80 - meter hurdles: 1949, 1950, 1951
- High jump: 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954
- Long Jump: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954
- Javelin: 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956
- Pentathlon: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
World Records
In the pentathlon Alexandra Tschudina identified five world records, but of which the world records in 1947, 1949 and 1950 were not officially recognized. My world record of 8 and August 9, 1953, situated in Bucharest, with 4704 points according to the table in 1954 was recognized. On 6 and 7 September 1955, she scored 4750 points in Moscow with the following individual services: 13.94 meters ( shot put ), 1.64 meters ( high jump ), 26.3 seconds (200 meter race ), 11.5 seconds (80- meter hurdles ) and 6.04 meters (long jump ). After the usual table today, this score corresponds to 4232 points.
On May 22, 1954 Tschudina jumped 1.73 meters in Kiev world record in the high jump.
On July 12, 1950 Tschudina was a member of the 4x200 - meter relay, with 1:40,6 minutes into world record in Moscow.
Bests
- 80 - meter hurdles: 11.3 seconds (1950 )
- High Jump: 1.73m (1954 )
- Long Jump: 6.24 meters (1953 )
- Shot Put: 14.33 m (1955 )
- Javelin: 52.75 m (1953 )
Career in volleyball
Because of their height, their bounce and their arm strength Alexandra Tschudina was also an outstanding volleyball player.
As the star of the most dominant in the 1950s Soviet team they each won the title at the first three women's world championships in 1952, 1956 and 1960.
1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958, she won the European title, only 1955 defeated the Soviet team in the finals of the team from Czechoslovakia.
When volleyball first time in 1964 was at the Olympic Games in the program, Alexandra Tschudina had ended her career.