Lyudmila Yevgenevna Titova
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Full name | Lyudmila Yevgenevna Titova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Soviet Union → Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | March 26, 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Chita , Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 176 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: August 26, 2016 |
Lyudmila Evgenjewna Titowa ( Russian Людмила Евгеньевна Титова ; born March 26, 1946 in Chita , RSFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian speed skater and Olympic champion.
Career
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , she won over 500 meters in speed skating ahead of Mary Meyers from the USA . She also won the silver medal over 1000 meters in speed skating behind the Dutchwoman Carolina Geijssen . Four years later at the Olympic Games in Sapporo , she won the bronze medal behind Anne Henning and Wera Krasnowa . At the distance of 1000 meters in speed skating, Titowa just missed the bronze medal and finished fourth. She stayed completely without medals at her last Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in 1976 , where she finished 7th over 1000 meters in speed skating.
Immediately after the 1972 Olympics, she also won the bronze medal in the sprint four-way battle in Eskilstuna at the World Championships. Two years earlier she was able to win the world title in West Allis, USA . In 1971 she won the bronze medal behind Nina Statkewitsch and Stien Kaiser at the all- around world championship in Helsinki .
At the all-around European championships in Leningrad in 1971 , Titova won the silver medal behind her compatriot Nina Statkewitsch .
After the end of her sporting career, Titova worked as a sports commentator on the radio.
World records
distance | time | date | place |
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1,000 m | 1: 29.5 | January 9, 1970 | Medeo |
1,000 m | 1: 29.0 | 20th February 1971 | Inzell |
1,000 m | 1: 27.7 | February 21, 1971 | Inzell |
Personal records
distance | time | date | place |
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500 m | 42.35 | March 29, 1975 | Medeo |
1,000 m | 1: 24.31 | March 16, 1976 | Medeo |
1,500 m | 2: 14.77 | March 21, 1975 | Medeo |
3,000 m | 5: 01.89 | January 16, 1972 | Inzell |
Awards (selection)
- 1968: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
- 2011: Order of Friendship
- For "working heroism"
- "Work Decoration"
Expedition to the South Pole
In 1996 Titowa took part in a Meteliza expedition to the South Pole , the expedition reached the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station .
family
- Father: Jewgenij Michajlowitsch Titow (1911–1982)
- Mother: Nadeshda Alexandrowna Titowa (1912–1995)
- Husband: Anatolij Anatoljewitsch Samochwalow (* 1944)
- Sons: Alexander (* 1983) and Alexej (* 1982)
Web links
- Lyudmila Evgenjewna Titowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics at Speedskatingnews (English)
- Titova's biography on biograph.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mary Meyers in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Nina Statkewitsch in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Lyudmila Titowa on infosport.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Указ Президента РФ от 15 июля 2011 г. N 955 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации" ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)
- ↑ 10-летию перехода команды Метелица к Южному полюсу посвящается (Russian)
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SURNAME | Titowa, Lyudmila Evgenevna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Титова, Людмила Евгеньевна (Russian spelling); Titova, Lyudmila Yevgenyevna (English spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Russian speed skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chita , RSFSR, Soviet Union |