Vera Komisova
Russian hurdler
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Birth name | Vera Yakovlevna Nikitina | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1953-06-11) June 11, 1953 (age 71) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina (Russian: Вера Яковлевна Комисова bzw. Никитина, born 11 June 1953) is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.
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- 1932:
Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936:
Ondina Valla (ITA)
- 1948:
Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952:
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
- 1956:
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
- 1960:
Irina Press (URS)
- 1964:
Karin Balzer (EUA)
- 1968:
Maureen Caird (AUS)
- 1972:
Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR)
- 1976:
Johanna Schaller (GDR)
- 1980:
Vera Komisova (URS)
- 1984:
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)
- 1988:
Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
- 1992:
Voula Patoulidou (GRE)
- 1996:
Ludmila Engquist (SWE)
- 2000:
Olga Shishigina (KAZ)
- 2004:
Joanna Hayes (USA)
- 2008:
Dawn Harper (USA)
- 2012:
Sally Pearson (AUS)
- 2016:
Brianna Rollins-McNeal (USA)
- 2020:
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR)
- 2024:
Masai Russell (USA)
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