Irina Baskakova (born August 25, 1956) is a retired
track and field
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sprinter from the
Soviet Union
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, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the
1982 European Championships. She did so alongside
Irina Olkhovnikova
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,
Olga Mineyeva and
Yelena Didilenko, clocking a total time of 3:22.79.
A year later Baskakova repeated that feat at the inaugural
World Championships
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, this time with
Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova,
Yelena Korban
Yelena Korban (née Didilenko; born April 20, 1961) is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships. She did so alongside Irina ...
, and
Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina.
References
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1956 births
Living people
Soviet female sprinters
Russian female sprinters
Place of birth missing (living people)
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Friendship Games medalists in athletics
Soviet Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Russian sportswomen
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