Vera Anisimova
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Vera Anisimova is a Soviet
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....

 athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society
Armed Forces (sports society)
Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...

 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...

. She competed for 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 the bronze medal with her team mates Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Prorochenko is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporozhye...

, Lyudmila Maslakova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

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She returned for Soviet Union in 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
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, in the 4 x 100 metres where she again teamed up with Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova where she won the silver medal with her team mates Vera Komisova
Vera Komisova
Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.-References:**...

, 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....

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