Svetlana Ivanovna "Esfir" Dolzhenko-Krachevskaya (russian: Светлана Ивановна "Эсфирь" Долженко-Крачевская) (born November 23, 1944) is a

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athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. She is Jewish, and was born in Shyroke, Odessa, Ukraine. She competed for the

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in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in

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in the shot put, where she won the silver medal.

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1944 births Living people Soviet female shot putters Ukrainian female shot putters Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union 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 silver medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet Jews Ukrainian Jews Jewish female athletes (track and field) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Odesa {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

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