Mariya Pinigina
Soviet sprinter
Mariya Pinigina
Mariya Pinigina in 2019
Birth name Mariya Kulchunova Born 9 February 1958 (1958-02-09 ) (age 66)Ivanovka , Kyrgyz SSR
Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina (Russian : Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина , née Kulchunova; born 9 February 1958 in Ivanovka , Kyrgyz SSR ) is a former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres , training at Spartak in Kyiv . She represented the Soviet Union .
Pinigina competed for USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul , South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates 400m hurdles silver medalist Tatyana Ledovskaya , 400m bronze medalist Olga Nazarova and olympic 400m champion Olga Bryzgina . That USSR relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten.[1]
She also won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics .
In November 2013, she served as one of the torch bearers in Yakutsk for the 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay .[2]
Mariya Pinigina is married to Olympic wrestling champion Pavel Pinigin [citation needed ] .
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1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR )
1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR )
1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS )
1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA )
1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN )
1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA )
2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA )
2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA )
2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA )
2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA )
2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA )
2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA )