Tatyana Prorochenko
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Tatyana Prorochenko (born March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR
, Soviet Union
) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporozhye. She competed for the USSR
in the 1976 Summer Olympics
held in Montreal
, Canada
in the 4 x 100 metres where she won a bronze medal with her team mates Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova
and Natalya Bochina
.
She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics
held in Moscow
this time moving up to the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Gold medal with her team mates Tatyana Goistchik
, Nina Zyuskova
and Irina Nazarova.
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporozhye. She competed for the USSR
Soviet 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 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
held in Montreal
Montreal
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, Canada
Canada
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in the 4 x 100 metres where she won a bronze medal with her team mates Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova
Vera Anisimova
Vera Anisimova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...
and Natalya Bochina
Natalya Bochina
Natalya Valeryevna Bochina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres. Bochina trained at Dynamo in Leningrad....
.
She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
held 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...
this time moving up to the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Gold medal with her team mates Tatyana Goistchik
Tatyana Goistchik
Tatyana Gennadievna Goistchik is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She trained at VSS Trud in Irkutsk...
, Nina Zyuskova
Nina Zyuskova
Nina Anatolyevna Zyuskova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow where she won the Gold medal with her team mates Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goistchik and Irina Nazarova in the women's 4x400 metres...
and Irina Nazarova.