Taisia Chenchik

Taissija Philipovna sealed Tschik (Russian Таисия Филипповна Ченчик, English transcription Taisiya Chenchik, . Born January 30, 1936 in Pryluky, Ukraine, † November 19, 2013 ) was an athlete from the Soviet Union. The high jumper in 1966 European Champion and 1964 Olympic bronze medalist.

She won her first 1957 Soviet championship and successfully defended the title in 1958 and 1959. In 1963, she won her fourth and final title. In 1967 she stood as third parties for the last time on the podium.

At the European Championships 1958 in Stockholm she won silver with 1.70 meters behind the Romanian Iolanda Balas. In 1959, Czech Tschik with their personal best to 1.78 meters. 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome, she was 1.68 meters Fifth; while Balas was invincible with 1.85 meters, lay three jumpers, each 1.71 meters just ahead of Czech Tschik. At the European Championships 1962 in Belgrade, she was 1.64 meters Sixth, as Balas defended her title. In 1963 she won at the Universiade in Porto Alegre with 1.72 meters.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, it terminated her personal best with 1.78 meters. So she won bronze behind Balas and the Australian Michele Brown. Your greatest victory achieved Czech Tschik 1966 at the European Championships in Budapest, as Balas was not at the start. Czech Tschik won with 1.75 meters in front of her teammate Lyudmila Komlewa at 1.73 meters. 1967 won Tschik sealed at the European Indoor Games in Sofia with 1.76 meters nor a European title.

Taissija sealed Tschik coached from 1956 to 1962 in Chelyabinsk and 1963-1969 in Moscow. The 1.75 -meter jumper had a competition weight of 71 kg.