Nina Otkalenko

Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko (Russian Нина Григорьевна Откаленко; * May 23, 1928 in Kursk as Nina Pletnjowa, Russian Нина Плетнёва ) is a former Russian track and field athlete, the 1954 European champion. At a height of 1.62 m her competition weight was 50 kg.

Cup successes

Under her maiden name, she was 1951 Soviet champion in 800 -meter run. In 1952 she was third in the 400 -meter run and defended her title in the 800 meters. In the 1500 -meter run in 1952, she was also Soviet champion. About this route they remained 15 years reigning Soviet champion, because until 1967 the next Championship was held over this distance.

After her marriage Otkalenko also won in 1953 and 1954 the Soviet title in the 800 meters, 1956, she won the title over 400 meters. Your major international titles she won at the European Championships in Berne in 1954. In 2:08,8 minutes she became the first European Champion in the 800 - meter dash in front of the British Leather Dianne and her compatriot Lyudmila Lysenko.

A start in the Olympics it was denied, because as 1960, the 800 - meter race in 32 years was olympic again, Otkalenko had the peak of her career.

World Records

The first official world record in the 400 -meter run in 1957 was placed at 55.2 seconds. Otkalenko expired on July 25, 1954 with 55.5 seconds in Kiev an unofficial world record.

On the 800 - meter track, the IAAF has already led since 1922 official world records. When she won her first in Minsk Soviet championship titles under her birth name Nina Pletnjowa on 26 August 1951, it found in 2:12,0 minutes on her first world record. On 15 June 1952 she ran in Kiev in 2:08,5 minutes the first woman under 2:10. Even after their marriage coined Otkalenko the development of the world record in the 800 -meter run. You get four official world records, two further improvements were not recognized. Your last 800 -meter world record she ran on 14 September 1955 in Zagreb with 2:05,0 minutes. On June 10, 1956, she improved in Moscow the record in the 880 - yard race at 2:06,6 minutes.

The first official world record in the 1500 meter race was set up in 1967. On August 30, 1952 Nina Pletnjowa ran in Leningrad with 4:37,0 minutes an unofficial world record.

More world records set Otkalenko on the 4x800 - meter relay. In addition to three unofficial world records, she was also involved in two official world records. On September 19, 1953, she was in Budapest on the anchor leg in the world record of 6:33,2 minutes. On September 11, 1955 in Moscow Otkalenko, Lysenko and Aida Lapschina ran 6:27,6 minutes.

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