Nadezhda Yefimovna Konyayeva (russian: Наде́жда Ефимовна Коня́ева; uk, Наді́я Єфимівна Коня́єва; born October 5, 1931, date of death unknown) was a

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(

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) athlete who competed mainly in the

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. Konyayeva trained at Burevestnik in

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. She competed for the

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in the

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held in Melbourne in the Javelin where she won the bronze medal.

References

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1931 births Year of death missing Russian female javelin throwers Soviet female javelin throwers Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub