Tamara Alexandrovna Sorokina
Tamara Alexandrowna Sorokina ( Russian Тамара Александровна Сорокина , born Казачкова , Kasachkowa, English transcription Kazachkova; born August 15, 1950 in Kazanovka , Chelyabinsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet middle-distance runner .
Over 1500 m she was eliminated at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and won bronze at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1974 in Gothenburg.
Over the same distance she won the World Cup in Athletics in Rome in 1981 and was sixth at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982 .
She was the Soviet indoor champion over 1500 m (1974, 1980, 1981) and once over 800 m (1981) and 1000 m (1973).
Personal bests
- 800 m: 1: 56.6 min, August 21, 1982, Podolsk
- 1000 m: 2: 32.8 min, July 20, 1976, Podolsk
- 1500 m: 3: 58.89 min, July 26th 1981, Leningrad
- Hall: 4: 07.8 min, February 16, 1980, Moscow
- 1 mile : 4: 21.89 min, June 30, 1982, Budapest
Web links
- Tamara Sorokina in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Tamara Alexandrowna Sorokina in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
- Tamara Kazachkova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Sorokina, Tamara Alexandrovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Сорокина, Тамара Александровна; Kasachkova, Tamara; Kazachkova, Tamara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet middle-distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kazanovka , Chelyabinsk Oblast |