Olga Nazarova

Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (Russian Ольга Владимировна Назарова, English transcription Olga Nazarova; born June 1, 1965 in Tula ) is a former Russian sprinter with the special range of 400 m, the Olympic champion was in the season of the Soviet Union and the United team.

In 1987, she was at the World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis Fourth. In the same year she was at the World Championships in Rome Eighth in individual competition and won the 4 x 400 meters relay silver.

At the Olympic Summer Games in Seoul in 1988, she won the 400m bronze medal behind Olha Bryshina (URS ) and Petra Müller (GDR ) and in the 4 x 400 -meter relay gold medal together with teammates Tazzjana Ljadouskaja, Marija Pinigina and Olha Bryshina against teams from the United States and the GDR. Also there was gold for them with the Soviet relay at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she won again the gold medal, starting for the United Team of CIS: In the 4 x 400 - meter relay along with teammates Jelena Rusina, Ljudmyla Dschyhalowa and Olha Bryshina ahead of the teams from the USA and the United Kingdom.

In 1995, she competed for Russia at the World Championships in Gothenburg, but bowed out of.

Personal Best

  • 200 m: 22.68 s, May 23, 1987, Tsaghkadzor
  • 400 m: 49.11 s, September 25, 1988, Seoul Hall: 51,65 s, February 18, 1990, Budapest
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