Yelisaveta Petrovna Bagriantseva (russian: Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева, 27 August 1929 – 24 January 1996) was a Russian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er who won a silver medal at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

.Yelisaveta Bagriantseva's profile at Sports Reference.com
/ref> Bagryantseva was born in a Siberian salt-mining town and first trained in

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. She changed to discus throw only when moved to

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

to study at the Novosibirsk College of Physical Education. She graduated in 1941, and until 1949 worked as a physical education teacher in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

. She then moved to Moscow to continue her sports studies at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, and the same year won silver medals at the national championships and at the World Student Games. She won two more silver medals, at the 1951 World Student Games and 1952 Olympics. Bagryantseva married the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er Yury Verkhoshansky, during a break between morning and evening sessions of the national championships. Together they later worked as athletics coaches in Russia and Italy.Багрянцева Елизавета Петровна
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1929 births 1996 deaths Russian female discus throwers Soviet female discus throwers Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub