Yevgeniya Sechenova
![]() Yevgeniya Sechenova, Fanny Blankers-Koen and Dorothy Manley at the 1950 European championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 17 August 1918 Sevastopol, Crimea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 June 1990(1990-06-25) (aged 71)[1] Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yevgeniya Ivanovna Sechenova (Russian: Евгения Ивановна Сеченова; 17 August 1918 – 25 June 1990) was a Soviet sprint runner who won six medals at the European championships in 1946 and 1950. She was part of the Soviet 4 × 200 m relay team that set world records in 1950 and 1951.[2] She also competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the relay.[3]
Sechenova won 20 national titles in 100 m (1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950), 200 m (1939, 1940, 1944, 1949), 4 × 100 m (1939, 1940, 1946, 1949–1951) and 4 × 200 m (1946, 1948–1951). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[4]
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- 1938:
Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)
- 1946:
Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS)
- 1950:
Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1954:
Irina Turova (URS)
- 1958:
Heather Armitage (GBR)
- 1962:
Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
- 1966:
Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1969:
Petra Vogt (GDR)
- 1971:
Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1974:
Irena Szewińska (POL)
- 1978:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1982:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1986:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1990:
Katrin Krabbe (GDR)
- 1994:
Irina Privalova (RUS)
- 1998:
Christine Arron (FRA)
- 2002:
Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
- 2006:
Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2010:
Verena Sailer (GER)
- 2012:
Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL)
- 2014:
Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2016:
Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2018:
Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
- 2022:
Gina Lückenkemper (GER)
- 2024:
Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
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