Lidiya Nikolayevna Alfeyeva ( uk, Лiдiя Николiевна Алфеева, russian: Лидия Николаевна Алфеева; 17 January 1946 – 18 April 2022Умерла призёрка Олимпийских игр 1976 года Лидия Алфеева
) was a

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athlete who mainly competed in the women's

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event during her career. Alfeyeva trained at the Armed Forces sports society in

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. She competed for the

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in the

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held in

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, Canada where she won the bronze medal in the women's long jump event.

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* * 1946 births 2022 deaths Ukrainian female long jumpers Soviet female long jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Armed Forces sports society athletes Sportspeople from Dnipro Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub