Irina Baskakova (born August 25, 1956) is a retired

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

sprinter from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships. She did so alongside

Irina Olkhovnikova Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of pe ...

Olga Mineyeva Olga Pavlovna Mineyeva (russian: Ольга Павловна Минеева; born September 1, 1952, in Degtyarsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Soviet athlete, who competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia. There she ...

and Yelena Didilenko, clocking a total time of 3:22.79. A year later Baskakova repeated that feat at the inaugural

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, this time with Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova,

Yelena Korban Yelena Korban (née Didilenko; born April 20, 1961) is a retired track and field Sprint (running), sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships in Athletic ...

, and Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina.

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1956 births Living people Soviet female sprinters Russian female sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub