Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian

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ter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new

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. She became the first woman to break both the and barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.

Biography

Chizhova was the fourth child in a family, and lost her father at the age of four. She took up shot put aged 16. After graduating from a local medical school, in 1963 she moved to Saint Petersburg, to train with Viktor Alekseyev, a leading Soviet coach who raised top Soviet shot putters such as Tamara Press, Galina Zybina and

Tamara Tyshkevich Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich ( be, Тамара Андрэеўна Тышкевіч, russian: Тамара Андреевна Тышкевич; 31 March 1931 – 27 December 1997) was a Soviet shot putter. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 an ...

. Two years later Chizhova won the European junior title in the shot put and discus throw, and in 1966 won the regular European title in the shot put. By 1968 Chizhova was the world record holder and an Olympic gold medal favorite, but she finished third due to a knee injury sustained while training. After recovering, she won the European titles in 1969 and 1971 and an Olympic gold medal in 1972. She retired in 1977, after placing second at the 1976 Olympics. She quoted two reasons for retirement: waning motivation, and the death of her coach (Alekseyev) in 1977. In retirement she gave birth to a daughter and had a long career as an athletics coach. One of her trainees, Larisa Peleshenko, won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2000 Olympics.

World records

* in 1964 (world junior record) * on 28 April 1968 in

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* on 30 May 1969 in Moscow * on 13 July 1969 in

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* on 16 September 1969 in Athens * on 19 May 1972 in

* on 7 September 1972 in

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* on 28 August 1973 in

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Her latest record stood until 21 September 1974 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to .

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1945 births Living people People from Usolye-Sibirskoye Russian female shot putters Soviet female shot putters 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 Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Spartak athletes World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 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 Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub