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Yelisaveta Petrovna Bagriantseva (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева, 27 August 1929 – 24 January 1996) was a Russian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Yelizaveta Bagryantseva

Personal information
Born	27 August 1929 Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	24 January 1996 (aged 75)
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	Iskra
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	49.20 m (1953)
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Discus throw

Bagryantseva was born in a Siberian salt-mining town and first trained in cross-country skiing. She changed to discus throw only when moved to Novosibirsk to study at the Novosibirsk College of Physical Education. She graduated in 1941, and until 1949 worked as a physical education teacher in Irkutsk. She then moved to Moscow to continue her sports studies at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, and the same year won silver medals at the national championships and at the World Student Games. She won two more silver medals, at the 1951 World Student Games and 1952 Olympics.[1]

Bagryantseva married the pole vaulter Yury Verkhoshansky, during a break between morning and evening sessions of the national championships. Together they later worked as athletics coaches in Russia and Italy.[1][3]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Yelizaveta Bagryantseva

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[fr] Yelisaveta Bagryantseva

Yelizaveta Petrovna Bagryantseva (russe : Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева ; née le 27 août 1929 et morte le 24 janvier 1996) est une athlète russe, spécialiste du lancer du disque.

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[it] Elizaveta Bagrjanceva

Elizaveta Petrovna Bagrjanceva (in russo: Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева?, trasl. angl.: Yelizaveta Petrovna Bagryantseva; Usol'e-Sibirskoe, 12 novembre 1920 – 24 gennaio 1996) è stata una discobola e allenatrice di atletica leggera sovietica.

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[ru] Багрянцева, Елизавета Петровна

Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева, в замужестве — Верхошанская (27 августа 1920 — 24 января 1996) — советская метательница диска, призёр Олимпийских игр. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР.

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