 Lyudmila Bragina in 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1943 (1943-07-24) (age 81) Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Krasnodar | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 4:01.38 (1972) 3000 m – 8:27.12 (1976) | |||||||||||||||||
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Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Soviet and Russian middle distance runner. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976. In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record of 4:06.9, at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1 (4:06.47), the semi-finals (4:05.07), and the final (4:01.38), of the 1972 Olympics. The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three world records in the 3000 m: 8:53.0 in 1972, 8:52.74 in 1974 and 8:27.12 in 1976. At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors (1974), and in the 800 m (1970) and 1,500 m indoors (1971–72).
In 1960 Bragina started training in the high jump, and changed to running only in 1964. She had a career-threatening bout of pneumonia in 1966. After recovering she moved to the south of Russia, in Krasnodar, where she later worked as an athletics coach.
References
- ^ "Lyudmila Bragina". Sports-Reference Olympic Records. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- "Athletics – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
- "World and European Record Progression". Athletix.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
- Брагина, Людмила Ивановна. sportlegend.kulichki.net
External links
- (in Russian) Biography
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Preceded by Karin Burneleit
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Women's 1500 m world record holder 1972-07-18 — 1976-06-28 |
Succeeded by Tatyana Kazankina
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Preceded by Paola Cacchi
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Women's 3000 m world record holder 12 August 1972 — 24 June 1975 |
Succeeded by Grete Andersen-Waitz
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| Preceded by Grete Waitz
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Women's 3000 m world record holder 7 August 1976 — 25 July 1982 |
Succeeded by Svetlana Ulmasova
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Preceded by Joyce Smith
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Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1972 |
Succeeded by Paola Cacchi
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| Preceded by Paola Cacchi
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Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1974 |
Succeeded by Grete Waitz
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| Preceded by Grete Waitz
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Women's 3000 m Best Year Performance 1976 |
Succeeded by Grete Waitz
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