Raisa Smekhnova
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| Born | September 16, 1950 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Marathon running | |||||||||||
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Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova, nacida Raisa Katyukova, (Belarusian: Раіса Кацюкова-Сьмехава; born September 16, 1950) 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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Representing  Soviet Union | |||||
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | Marathon | 2:31:13 |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 16th | Marathon | 2:33:19 |
References
- Raisa Smekhnova at World Athletics
- Raisa Smekhnova at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Raisa Smekhnova at ARRS
- Raisa Smekhnova at Olympics.com
- Raisa Smekhnova at Olympedia
- Raisa Smekhnova at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Kaltan
- Athletes from Kemerovo Oblast
- Belarusian women long-distance runners
- Soviet women long-distance runners
- Russian women long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
- Friendship Games medalists in athletics
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 1975 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen
- Belarusian athletics biography stubs