Tamara Petrovna Danilova

Tamara Petrovna Danilova ( Russian Тамара Петровна Данилова , English transcription Tamara Danilova ; born July 30, 1939 in Leningrad, today Saint Petersburg ) is a former Soviet discus thrower .

In 1968 she placed behind Lyudmila Muravjowa on rank 2 at the Soviet championships. A year later Muravyova won again. Danilowa was third behind Antonina Popowa . All three female throwers went to the European Championships in Athens . While Popowa was fifth, Danilowa managed with the last litter to surpass the leading Muravjowa by four centimeters. With 59.28 m Danilowa was surprisingly European champion.

1970 Faina Melnik won the Soviet championship before Danilowa and Murawjowa, and it was not until 1971 that Danilowa won her first and only Soviet championship before Melnik and Murawjowa. These three female throwers also represented the Soviet Union at the European Championships in Helsinki in 1971 . Faina Melnik won with a new world record of 64.22 m ahead of the Germans Liesel Westermann and Murawjowa. Danilowa was fifth with 58.28 m.

1972 Danilowa was third in the Soviet championship behind Melnik and Muravjowa. In the finals of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Danilova threw an Olympic record and personal best in the first attempt with 62.64 m. Although Danilowa was able to increase to 62.86 m in the competition, she was ultimately only fourth behind Faina Melnik, the Romanian Argentina Menis and the Bulgarian Wassilka Stoewa .

In the years that followed Tamara Danilowa could not improve and no longer qualified for international championships. Tamara Danilowa was 1.74 m tall and weighed 76 kg during her active time.

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )