Nina Syuskova

Nina Syuskova

Nina Sjuskowa ( Ukrainian Ніна Зюськова , English transcription Nina Zyuskova; born May 3, 1952 in Kaltschyk , Donetsk Oblast ) is a former Ukrainian sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter run and became an Olympic champion starting for the Soviet Union .

At the Athletics World Cup in Montreal in 1979 , she was with the Soviet team second in the 4 x 400 meter relay .

The following year she celebrated her greatest successes at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, when she won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay with the Soviet team . The Soviet relay was in line with Tetjana Prorotschenko , Tatjana Goishchik , Sjuskowa and Irina Nasarowa with a time of 3: 20.2 minutes against the relay of the GDR (3: 20.4 minutes) and Great Britain (3: 27.5 minutes ) by. Sjuskowa also started over 400 m in Moscow and finished fifth behind Marita Koch , Jarmila Kratochvílová , Christina Lathan and Irina Nasarowa with a personal best of 50.19 seconds .

Nina Sjuskowa is 1.80 m and weighed 67 kg during competitions.

Web links

• Nina Sjuskowa in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Nina Sjuskowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )