Olga Mineyeva

Olga Mineyeva
Personal information
BornSeptember 1, 1952[1][2]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1980 Moscow800 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 Athens800 m
Bronze medal – third place1982 Athens4×400 m

Olga Pavlovna Mineyeva, née Syrovatskaya, (Russian: Ольга Павловна Минеева; born September 1, 1952, in Degtyarsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Soviet athlete, who competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia. There she won the silver medal in the 800 metres in 1:54.81 minutes, splitting teammates Nadezhda Olizarenko and Tatyana Providokhina for a Soviet clean sweep of the medals. She also won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics, finishing with a time of 1:55.41 at the event in Athens.[1] At the same championships she was a member of the bronze medal-winning Soviet team in the 400 metres relay.

References

  1. 1 2 Olga Mineyeva at World Athletics . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  2. ↑ Olga Mineyeva at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
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