Nina Zyuskova
Soviet sprinter
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Nina Anatolievna Zyuskova[5] (Нина Анатольевна Зюськова, Ukrainian: Ніна Анатоліївна Зюськова; born 3 May 1952 in Kalchyk, Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Nativename
Нина Анатольевна Зюськова
NationalityUkrainian
Born3 May 1952[1]
Kalchyk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
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| Native name | Нина Анатольевна Зюськова | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 1952[1] Kalchyk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik and Irina Nazarova in the women's 4 × 400 metres event. She received the Order of the Badge of Honour and is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR.
After the Olympics, she began working as a children's coach in Donetsk.[2]
