Tetiana Prorochenko

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Tetjana Wassylivna Prorochenko ( Ukrainian Тетяна Василівна Пророченко , English transcription Tetyana Prorochenko ; born March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk ; † March 11, 2020 ) was a Ukrainian sprinter who was starting Olympic champion for the Soviet Union .

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she won a bronze medal in the 4-by-100-meter relay . The Soviet team in the line-up of Prorotschenko, Lyudmila Maslakowa , Nadeschda Besfamilnaja and Wera Anissimowa reached the goal in 43.09 s behind the relay of the GDR (42.55 s) and the Federal Republic of Germany (42.59 s). In addition, Prorotschenko also competed over 200 m in Montreal and took sixth place in the final.

At the Athletics World Cup in 1977 in Düsseldorf, she was third in the 200 m and in the 4 x 400 m relay .

In 1978 she was used in the European Athletics Championships in Prague as a starting runner in the 4 x 400 meter relay . Together with Nadeschda Muschta , Tatjana Prowidochina and Marija Kultschunowa , she won the silver medal in 3: 22.53 minutes behind the GDR team (3: 21.20 minutes) and ahead of the Polish relay (3: 26.76 minutes). Over 200 m she was eliminated in the semifinals.

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

Also at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, she started again in the 4 x 400 meter relay and crowned her career with an Olympic victory. The Soviet team beat the relay of the GDR (3: 20.4 min) and Great Britain (3: 27.5 min) in the line-up Prorotschenko, Tatiana Goishchik , Nina Sjuskowa and Irina Nasarowa with a time of 3: 20.2 minutes ) by.

Tetjana Prorochenko was 1.66 m tall and weighed 58 kg at competition times.

Personal bests

  • 100 m : 11.2 s, 1976
  • 200 m: 22.98 s, June 24, 1976, Kiev (hand-stopped: 22.8 s, June 24, 1974, Kiev)
  • 400 m : 50.6 s, September 8, 1977, Alushta

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SURNAME Proochenko, Tetiana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Proochenko, Tetiana Vasylivna (full name); Пророченко, Тетяна Василівна (Ukrainian); Prorochenko, Tetyana (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Ukrainian sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Berdyansk , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2020