Tatyana Shchelkanova (russian: Татья́на Щелка́нова, 18 April 1937 – 24 November 2011) was a Soviet

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er, sprinter and pentathlete who won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1964 Olympics. In 1961 she set a world record at 6.48 m and extended it to 6.53 m in 1962 to and 6.70 m in 1964. However, in the Olympic final she only managed 6.42 m, while the winner

Mary Rand Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal on 10 February 1940) is an English former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track ...

broke the world record at 6.76 m. Shchelkanova won two European titles in the long jump, in 1962 and 1966 (indoor). Shchelkanova won five gold (long jump in 1961, 1963 and 1965; 100 m in 1961; and pentathlon in 1965) and one silver medal (80 hurdles in 1963) at the

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, as well as 10 national titles in the long jump (1961–66), 4 × 100 m relay (1961-63), and pentathlon (1963). After retiring from competitions she headed a department at the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.Tatyana Shchelkanova
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Tatyana Shchelkanova's obituary
1937 births 2011 deaths Russian female long jumpers Russian heptathletes Soviet female long jumpers Soviet heptathletes Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub