Aleksandra Chudina
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Aleksandra Georgievna Chudina (November 6, 1923 in the village
of Kramskaya, now Kurkinsky District
, Tula Oblast
– October 28, 1990) was a Soviet athlete who competed in many different field events. She trained at Dynamo in Moscow
.
in the 1952 Summer Olympics
held in Helsinki
, Finland
in the Javelin throw
where she won the Silver medal, Long Jump
where she also won a silver medal and placed third in the High Jump
for the bronze medal.
On May 22, 1954, she broke the world record in women's high jump in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters, breaking the previous record of 1.72 meters which had been set in London by Sheila Lerwill of Great Britain. Her record was broken on May 5, 1956 in Belfast by Thelma Hopkins
of Great Britain with a jump of 1.74 meters.
with them in 1952, 1956 and 1960, and the European Volleyball Championship
in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958 and was runner-up to Czechoslovakia in 1955.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Kramskaya, now Kurkinsky District
Kurkinsky District
Kurkinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 23 in Tula Oblast, Russia....
, Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast is a federal subject of Russia with its present borders formed on September 26, 1937. Its administrative center is the city of Tula. The oblast has an area of and a population of 1,553,874...
– October 28, 1990) was a Soviet athlete who competed in many different field events. She trained at Dynamo in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
Athletics
She competed for the USSRSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
held in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
in the Javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
where she won the Silver medal, Long Jump
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 take off point...
where she also won a silver medal and placed third in the High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
for the bronze medal.
On May 22, 1954, she broke the world record in women's high jump in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters, breaking the previous record of 1.72 meters which had been set in London by Sheila Lerwill of Great Britain. Her record was broken on May 5, 1956 in Belfast by Thelma Hopkins
Thelma Hopkins (athlete)
Thelma Hopkins is a Northern Irish athlete, who competed in the high and the long jump.On 5 May 1956 she broke the world record in high jump in Belfast with a jump of 1.74 meters, breaking the record of 1.73 meters set by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR on 22 May 1954...
of Great Britain with a jump of 1.74 meters.
Volleyball
She played for the USSR in the Volleyball team, and won the Volleyball World ChampionshipVolleyball World Championship
The FIVB World Championship is an international men's and women's indoor volleyball competition. It is the oldest and most important of all the international events organized by the FIVB and must not be confused with the FIVB World Cup or the FIVB World League/FIVB World Grand Prix.-Origins:The...
with them in 1952, 1956 and 1960, and the European Volleyball Championship
European Volleyball Championship
The European Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the CEV, the European volleyball federation. There are both men's and women's competitions....
in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958 and was runner-up to Czechoslovakia in 1955.