Lyudmila Ilyinichna Maslakova (russian: Людмила Ильинична Маслакова, née , Zharkova; born 26 February 1952 in Astrakhan) is a

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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Career

Maslakova trained at VSS Trud in Sverdlovsk and later at Burevestnik 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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in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates

Galina Bukharina Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of Ind ...

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and

Lyudmila Samotyosova Lyudmila Samotyosova (russian: Людмила Самотёсова, née , Ignatyeva; born 26 October 1939) is a Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that ...

. Her next Olympic medal came in the

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held in

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, Canada again in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates

Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Prorochenko (russian: Татьяна Пророченко, uk, Тетяна Пророченко) (March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union – March 11, 2020) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre ...

Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya (russian: Надежда Викторовна Бесфамильная) (born 27 December 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces ...

and

Vera Anisimova Vera Vasilyevna Anisimova (russian: Вера Васильевна Анисимова; born 25 May 1952 in Moscow) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. S ...

. Her third Olympic medal came 12 years after her first in

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held in

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once again in the 4 x 100 metres where she improved to the silver medal with her teammates Vera Komisova,

and Natalya Bochina.

References

* 1952 births Soviet female sprinters Russian female sprinters Burevestnik (sports society) athletes Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Living people Sportspeople from Astrakhan European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub