Yelizaveta Chernyshova (; born 26 January 1958) is a Russian former
Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
hurdler
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. She was the
1989 World Indoor Champion.
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Retrieved 16 October 2019. After the fall of the Soviet Union, she continued to compete for Russia
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. In 1994 she set the W35 Masters world record in the 100 metres hurdles
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. She held the record for five years until it was surpassed by another former Soviet hurdler Ludmila Engquist
Ludmila Viktorovna Engquist (née Leonova (). formerly Narozhilenko; born 21 April 1964) is a Russian-Swedish former Athletics (sport), athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres hurdles. She competed for the Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia ...
, who was also the runner up in the 1989 Indoor Championships.
She was the winner of the 100 metres hurdles
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at the first Russian Athletics Championships
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after the break up of the Soviet Union.
See also
*List of masters athletes
This is a list of notable people who have participated in masters athletics. Most have achieved their primary notability through athletic endeavors except when noted.
* Luciano Acquarone
* Aimo Aho
* Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
* Henry Andrade
...
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1958 births
Living people
Soviet female hurdlers
Russian female hurdlers
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Russian sportswomen