Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova ( be, Раіса Кацюкова-Сьмехава; born September 16, 1950 in Kaltan, Kemerovo) is a retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, behind Norway's Grete Waitz and USA's Marianne Dickerson. She won the Soviet title in the women's marathon in 1985.

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1950 births Living people Belarusian female long-distance runners Soviet female long-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Friendship Games medalists in athletics People from Kaltan Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub