Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko
Nina Grigorjewna Otkalenko ( Russian: Нина Григорьевна Откаленко ; * May 23, 1928 in Koschlja , Kursk Oblast as Nina Pletnjowa , Russian: Нина Плетнёва ; † May 13, 2015 in Moscow ) was a Soviet athlete who became a European athlete in 1954. With a height of 1.62 m, her competition weight was 50 kg.
Championship successes
Under her birth name, she became the Soviet champion in the 800-meter run in 1951 . In 1952 she finished third in the 400-meter run and defended her 800-meter title. In 1952, she was also the Soviet champion in the 1500-meter run . Over this route she remained reigning Soviet champion for 15 years, since the next championship was not held over this route until 1967.
After their marriage, Otkalenko also won the Soviet 800 meter title in 1953 and 1954, and in 1956 she won the 400 meter title. She won her most important international title at the 1954 European Championships in Bern . In 2: 08.8 min she became the first European champion in the 800-meter run ahead of the British Dianne Leather and her compatriot Lyudmila Lysenko .
She was denied a start at the Olympic Games, because when the 800-meter race became Olympic again after 32 years in 1960 , Otkalenko was unable to participate due to an injury. Shortly thereafter, she ended her career as an athlete. Later she worked as a trainer and teacher at the sports school of her club CSKA Moscow , to which she had been a member since 1952.
World records
The first official world record in the 400-meter run was set in 1957 with 55.2 seconds. Otkalenko ran an unofficial world record in Kiev on July 25, 1954 with 55.5 s .
The IAAF has held official world records on the 800-meter course since 1922. When she won her first Soviet championship title under her maiden name Nina Pletnjowa on August 26, 1951 in Minsk , she also set her first world record in 2: 12.0 minutes. On June 15, 1952, she was the first woman to run under 2:10 minutes in Kiev in 2: 08.5 minutes. Even after their marriage, Otkalenko shaped the development of the world record in the 800-meter run. You set four official world records, two further improvements were not recognized. She ran her last 800 meter world record on September 14, 1955 in Zagreb with 2: 05.0 minutes. On June 10, 1956, she improved the record in Moscow in the 880-yard run to 2: 06.6 minutes.
The first official world record in the 1500 meter run was set in 1967. On August 30, 1952, Nina Pletnjowa ran an unofficial world record in Leningrad with 4: 37.0 minutes.
Otkalenko set other world records with the 4 x 800 meter relay. In addition to three unofficial world records, she was also involved in two official world records. On September 19, 1953, she was the final runner in Budapest at the world record of 6: 33.2 minutes. On September 11, 1955 in Moscow, Otkalenko, Lysenko and Aida Lapschina ran 6: 27.6 minutes.
literature
- ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics . London 1988
- Ekkehard zur Megede: Progression of World Best Performances and official IAAF World Records . London 1987, published by the International Athletic Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death report (Russian)
- ↑ Veterans of the association ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the CSKA website (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Otkalenko, Nina Grigorievna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Откаленко, Нина Григорьевна; Pletnjowa, Nina; Плетнёва, Нина |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koschlja , Kursk Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 2015 |
| Place of death | Moscow |