Tamara Pavlovna Garkushina (russian: Тамара Павловна Гаркушина; born 1 February 1946) is a retired Russian track cyclist who won six world titles in the 3 km

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, in 1967 and 1970–1974. She also won more than 30 national titles in the individual and team pursuit events in 1966–1976. Garkushina was born in a working-class family in a small village in

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. After moving to Tula, she graduated with a degree of

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and practiced this profession first in Tula (1963–1964) and then in

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(1964–1965); in parallel, she trained in cycling. After retiring from competition, she worked as a post office clerk (1980–1982) and then as a cycling coach (1982–1985). From 1985 till retirement in 1993 she worked at machinery plants in Tula. In 2010, she became an honorary citizen of the city.ГАРКУШИНА Тамара Павловна
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garkushina, Tamara 1946 births Living people Russian female cyclists Soviet female cyclists People from Yeletsky District UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Russian track cyclists Sportspeople from Lipetsk Oblast