Raisa Smekhnova
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Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova (Belarusian: 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 Helsinki, Finland, behind Norway's Grete Waitz and USA's Marianne Dickerson. She won the Soviet title in the women's marathon in 1985.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | Marathon | 2:31:13 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 16th | Marathon | 2:33:19 |
References
- Raisa Smekhnova profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
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- Articles containing Belarusian-language text
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Belarusian long-distance runners
- Soviet long-distance runners
- Russian long-distance runners
- Female long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Belarusian athletics biography stubs