Irina Podyalovskaya
Soviet middle-distance runner (1959–2024)
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Irina Podyalovskaya (9 October 1959 – 13 August 2024) was a middle-distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (1:55.69) on 22 June 1984 at a meet in Kiev.
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| Born | 9 October 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 2024 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||
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Podyalovskaya holds the current world record in the rarely contested 4 × 800 metres relay (7:50.17 minutes with Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina and Lyudmila Borisova).
Podyalovskaya died on 13 August 2024, at the age of 64.[1]
