Lyudmyla Stanislavivna Dzhyhalova (also Lyudmila Dzhigalova, uk, Людмила Станіславівна Джигалова; born 22 January 1962) is a retired

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who competed mainly in the

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. She trained at

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Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.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 ...

and the Unified Team. She was born in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, where she placed third in the

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heats with the team, but was substituted by

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in the finals. Four years later Dzhigalova competed for the Unified Team in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates

Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina (russian: Елена Ивановна Рузина) (born 3 April 1964 in Voronezh) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union and later, Russia. She competed for Commonwealt ...

Olga Nazarova Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Назарова), born 1 June 1965) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union. She won two Olymp ...

and 400m silver medalist

Olga Bryzgina Olha Bryzhina ( uk, Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented Soviet Union ...

. She received a four-year ban from athletics after failing a drugs test, having been positive for steroids in an out-of-competition test.Litsky, Frank (1993-08-15)
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