Olga Dvirna (born 11 February 1953) is a retired female

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who represented the

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in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 1,500 metres (3:54.23) on July 27, 1982, at a meet in

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1953 births Living people Soviet female middle-distance runners Ukrainian female middle-distance runners European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub