Vera Komisova
Russian hurdler
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Birth name | Vera Yakovlevna Nikitina | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1953-06-11) June 11, 1953 (age 71) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina (Russian: Вера Яковлевна Комисова bzw. Никитина, born 11 June 1953) is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.
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- 1932: Babe Didrikson (USA)
- 1936: Ondina Valla (ITA)
- 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
- 1956: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
- 1960: Irina Press (URS)
- 1964: Karin Balzer (EUA)
- 1968: Maureen Caird (AUS)
- 1972: Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR)
- 1976: Johanna Schaller (GDR)
- 1980: Vera Komisova (URS)
- 1984: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)
- 1988: Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
- 1992: Voula Patoulidou (GRE)
- 1996: Ludmila Engquist (SWE)
- 2000: Olga Shishigina (KAZ)
- 2004: Joanna Hayes (USA)
- 2008: Dawn Harper (USA)
- 2012: Sally Pearson (AUS)
- 2016: Brianna Rollins-McNeal (USA)
- 2020: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR)
- 2024: Masai Russell (USA)
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