Marija Itkina

Marija Itkina

Marija Leontjewna Itkina ( Russian Мария Леонтьевна Иткина , English transcription Mariya Itkina ; born February 3, 1932 in Roslavl , Smolensk Oblast ) is a former Belarusian athlete who - starting for the Soviet Union - was successful in the sprint from 1954 to 1964 . The special discipline was the 400 meters , over which she ran multiple world records. She was a member of the Pishchevik Association ( Пищевик ) in Minsk .

Life

She won a total of 32 medals at Soviet championships over 100 meters, 200 meters , 400 meters and 4 times 100 meters . She ran around 30 Soviet records, including eleven over 400 meters. She was the first Soviet female athlete to stay under 24 seconds over 200 meters. She took part in three European championships and won a total of five medals, including four gold. She was less successful at the Olympic Games. She participated three times, but could not win a medal. Itkina is now the chairwoman of the Belarusian Sports Association.

successes

World records

• May 11, 1955 Bucharest : 53.9 s (unofficial, since record lists over 400 meters were not kept until 1957)
• June 8, 1957 Minsk : 54.0 p
• July 16, 1957 Moscow : 53.6 p
• September 12, 1959 Krasnodar and September 14, 1962 Belgrade : 53.4 p

Olympic games

• 1956 Melbourne : Seventh over 200 m, fourth with the 4 × 400 m relay in 45.6 s (Marija Itkina as third runner)
• 1960 Rome : fourth in each case over 100 m in 11.4 s (victory time of Wilma Rudolph : 11.0 s), over 200 m in 24.7 s (victory time of Wilma Rudolph: 24.0 s) and with the 4 × 100 -m relay in 45.2 s (Marija Itkina as third runner)
• 1964 Tokyo : Fifth in 54.6 s ( Betty Cuthbert's victory time : 52.0 s)

European championships

• 1954 Bern :
  • Gold over 200 m in 24.3 s ahead of Irina Turowa (USSR) and Briton Shirley Hampton , both 24.4 s.
  • Gold over 4 × 100 m in 45.8 s (Marija Itkina as third runner) ahead of Germany in 46.3 s and Italy in 46.6 s
• 1958 Stockholm :
  • Gold over 400 m in 53.7 s in front of Jekaterina Parljuk (USSR) in 54.8 s and Briton Molly Hiscox in 55.7 s,
  • Bronze over 200 m in 24.3 s behind the Polish Barbara Janiszewska in 24.1 s and Hannelore Sadau (GDR) in 24.3 s
• 1962 Belgrade :
  • Gold over 400 m in 53.4 s ahead of the British Joy Grieveson in 53.9 s and the Dutch Tilly van der Swaard in 54.4 s.

Student championships

• IUE World Student Games
  • 1954 in Budapest: Silver over 200 m in 24.2 s behind Christa Stubnick (gold in 23.6 s) and bronze over 100 m in 11.9 s behind Christa Stubnick and Wera Krepkina , both 11.8 s
  • 1955 in Warsaw: Silver over 200 m in 24.5 s
  • 1957 in Moscow: silver over 200 m in 24.0 s and bronze over 400 m in 54.7 s behind Antonina Chomutowa (gold in 54.4 s) and Ursula Donath (silver in 54.7 s)
• World University Games the FISU
  • 1957 in Paris: Gold over 200 m in 24.6 s with a 4/10 s lead over the runner-up

Web links

• Marija Itkina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Short biography (Russian)