Nadezhda Chizhova

Nadezhda Chizhova

File:Nadezhda Chizhova 1968.jpg
Personal information
Born	29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) (age 78) Usolye-Sibirskoye, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	Spartak St. Petersburg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	21.45 m (1973)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1972 Munich Shot put 1976 Montreal Shot put 1968 Mexico City Shot put European Championships 1966 Budapest Shot put 1969 Athens Shot put 1971 Helsinki Shot put 1974 Rome Shot put European Athletics Indoor Championships 1967 Prague Shot put 1968 Madrid Shot put 1970 Vienna Shot put 1971 Sofia Shot put 1972 Grenoble Shot put 1974 Gothenburg Shot put 1966 Dortmund Shot put Summer Universiade 1970 Turin Shot put 1973 Moscow Shot put 1965 Budapest Shot put

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.

World records

• 16.60 metres in 1964 (world junior record)
• 18.67 metres on 28 April 1968 in Sochi
• 19.72 metres on 30 May 1969 in Moscow
• 20.09 metres on 13 July 1969 in Chorzów
• 20.43 metres on 16 September 1969 in Athens
• 20.63 metres on 19 May 1972 in Sochi
• 21.03 metres on 7 September 1972 in Munich
• 21.20 metres on 28 August 1973 in Lvov

Her latest record stood until 21 September 1974 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to 21.57 metres.

External links

• Sporting Heroes

Records
Preceded by —	Women's Shot Put World Record Holder 7 September 1972 – 21 September 1974	Succeeded by Helena Fibingerová