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) is a retired

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from the

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, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in

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, behind Norway's

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and USA's

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. She won the Soviet title in the women's marathon in 1985.

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1950 births Living people Belarusian female long-distance runners Soviet female long-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Friendship Games medalists in athletics People from Kaltan Athletes from Kemerovo Oblast Soviet Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1975 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub