Maria Vasilyevna Golubnitschaja

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Marija Wassiljewna Golubnitschaja ( Russian Мария Васильевна Голубничая , English transcription Mariya Golubnichaya ; born February 24, 1924 in Dubovka , Volgograd Oblast ; † August 2015 ) was a Russian athlete.

Golubnitschaja won the silver medal in the 80-meter hurdles at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 behind the Australian Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (gold) and ahead of the German Maria Sander (bronze). In 1954 she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Bern . At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , she was able to achieve a fifth place again.

From 1952 to 1954 she won the Soviet championship three times. With a height of 1.67 m, her competition weight was 60 kg.

literature

  • ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988

Individual evidence

  1. Голубничая Мария Васильевна. In: sport-strana.ru. November 21, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2018 (Russian).