- Aleksandra Chudina
Aleksandra Georgievna Chudina ( _ru. Александра Георгиевна Чудина) (
November 6 1923 in thevillage of Kramskaya,Kurkinsky District ,Tula Oblast [Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd edition, entry on "Чудина", available online [http://slovari.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00089/93600.htm here] ] –October 28 ,1990 ) was aSoviet athlete who competed in many different field events. She trained at Dynamo inMoscow . [cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|year=1979|pages=p. 392|location=Moscow|language=Russian]Athletics
She competed for the USSR in the
1952 Summer Olympics held inHelsinki ,Finland in theJavelin throw where she won the Silver medal,Long Jump where she also won a silver medal and placed third in theHigh Jump for the bronze medal.On May 22 1954, she broke the world record in women's high jump in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters, breaking the previous record of 1.72 meters which had been set in London by
Sheila Lerwill of Great Britain. Her record was broken on May 5 1956 in Belfast by Thelma Hopkins of Great Britain with a jump of 1.74 meters. [cite web | title = World Records for High Jump (Women) | work = World Records | publisher = Cleave Books | url = http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/databank/worldrec/whjump.htm
accessdate =2008-02-19 ]Volleyball
She played for the USSR in the Volleyball team, and won the
Volleyball World Championship with them in 1952, 1956 and 1960, [cite web | title = Volleyball - Weltmeisterschaften (Damen) | work = Historie | publisher = Sport Komplett | url = http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/v/volleyball/hst/2.html | accessdate =2008-02-21 ] and theEuropean Volleyball Championship in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958 and was runner-up to Czechoslovakia in 1955. [cite web | title = Volleyball - Europameisterschaften (Damen) | work = Historie | publisher = Sport Komplett | url = http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/v/volleyball/hst/32.html | accessdate =2008-02-21 ]References
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