Yekaterina Smirnova (born October 22, 1956) is a retired

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

who competed for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

during her career. She twice won the gold medal at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

. Smirnova set her personal best (6493 points) in the heptathlon on 19 June 1983 at a meet in

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1956 births Living people Soviet heptathletes Russian heptathletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub