Olga Igorevna Zaytseva (russian: Ольга Игоревна Зайцева; born November 10, 1984 in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

) is a Russian sprint athlete. Zaytseva won the bronze medal in the

400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. She was also part of the 4 × 400 m relay team for Russia that set the

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

for the indoor event in 2006.http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/10/athletics.europeans/ CNN -Obikwelu completes European double August 10, 2006 Access date April 1, 2011

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* 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaliningrad Russian female sprinters Russian female long jumpers European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners World Athletics indoor record holders (relay) {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

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