Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya (, ; born 21 May 1966 in Shchyokino,

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) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. She represented the

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and later

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, training in

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Biography

She competed for the

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in the

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held in

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in the 400 metre hurdles, where she won the silver medal. She followed this up with a leg in the

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where she won the gold medal with her teammates individual gold medalist Olga Bryzgina, individual bronze medalist

Olga Nazarova Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (; born 1 June 1965) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union. She won two Olympic gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay, in 1988 and 1992 ...

and Mariya Pinigina, setting a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (). Ledovskaya is also the 1991 World Champion in 400 m hurdles and 4 × 400 m relay. She later represented

, including at the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Ledovskaya was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

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