Anna Semyonovna Andreyeva

Anna Semjonowna Andrejewa ( Russian Анна Семёновна Андреева , English transcription Anna Andreyeva ; born June 23, 1915 in Penza , † 1997 ) was a Soviet shot putter who became European champion in 1950.

In 1938 she won her first Soviet championship. In 1939 and 1940 and from 1944 to 1946 she was second behind Tatiana Sevryukova at the Soviet championships . After a third place in 1947, she won the Soviet championship from 1948 to 1950. In 1951 she was second again behind Klawdija Totschonowa .

At the European Athletics Championships in Brussels in 1950 , she won with 14.32 meters. She had 40 centimeters ahead of Totschonowa and 95 centimeters on the French Micheline Ostermeyer . In the discus throw , Andrejewa was tenth with 36.26 meters, almost six meters below her best distance of 42.21 meters from 1949.

On November 9, 1950, an international match between Romania and the Soviet Union took place in the municipal stadium of Ploiesti . Anna Andrejewa hit the ball 15.02 meters; With this world record, she was the first female shot putter to exceed the 15-meter mark.

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Ekkehard zur Megede: Progression of World Best Performances and official IAAF World Records. London 1987 (published via International Athletic Foundation )