Anna Mikhaylovna Knoroz (; née Chuprina; born 30 July 1970) is a retired

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n hurdler who specialised in the

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. She won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1994 European Championships, and a gold medal in the

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at the 1991 World Championships (ran in heats only). She also competed at the

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. As a junior, she won the silver medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships. In her early senior career she had modest success in hurdling in global events. She competed at the 1991 World Championships, the 1993 World Championships, the

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and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final. She nonetheless won two major medals in her career. First, she ran in the heats on the Soviet team that eventually won the

at the 1991 World Championships. She also won the 400 metres hurdles bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships. In somewhat lesser events, she won the bronze medal at the

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, bronze medal at the

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, took the third place at the

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, and finished sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup and seventh at the 1998 European Championships. She became Soviet champion in 1991 and Russian champion in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1998. Her personal best time of 54.11 seconds, was achieved in July 1994 in

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International competitions

All results regarding 400 metres hurdles

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knoroz, Anna 1970 births Living people Athletes from Moscow Russian female hurdlers Soviet female hurdlers Olympic female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Soviet Athletics Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners

International competitions

See also

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