Tatyana Vladimirovna Gordeyeva (russian: Татьяна Владимировна Гордеева; born 3 June 1973 in Volgograd) is a retired Russian heptathlete. She has won a total of two medals, a silver and a bronze, in heptathlon at the

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Super League, and has been selected to compete for Russia at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, but later withdrew from the meet after falling at one of the hurdles in the opening heat. Gordeyeva trained under the tutelage of head coach Mikhail Zatselyapin for the national track and field team in combined events, while serving as a member of the Russian Army in her native Volgograd. Gordeyeva qualified for the Russian squad, along with her teammates

Yelena Prokhorova Yelena Vladimirovna Prokhorova (russian: Елена Владимировна Прохорова; born April 16, 1978) is a Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is also the 2001 world champion in this event. S ...

and

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, in the women's heptathlon at the

in Athens. She attained the IAAF Olympic "A" standard and a season best of 6235 points at the national meet in

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to book her place on the Russian team in track and field. Coming to the Games with a number of sustained injuries, Gordeyeva attempted to clear one of the hurdles, and instead crashed straight into it. Thus, she did not finish the 110-metre hurdles heat, and later withdrew from the competition.

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