Yekaterina Smirnova
Soviet heptathlete
Yekaterina Smirnova (born October 22, 1956) is a retired heptathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during her career. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade. Smirnova set her personal best (6493 points) in the heptathlon on 19 June 1983 at a meet in Moscow.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 7th | Pentathlon |
1979 | World Student Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | Pentathlon |
Spartakiad | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1st | Pentathlon | |
1983 | World Student Games | Edmonton, Canada | 1st | Heptathlon |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | Heptathlon |
References
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World University Games champions in women's pentathlon and heptathlon
(1965–1979)
- 1965:
Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)
- 1967:
Liese Prokop (AUT)
- 1970:
Tatyana Kondrashova (URS)
- 1973:
Nadiya Tkachenko (URS)
- 1975:
Jane Frederick (USA)
- 1977:
Valentina Dimitrova (BUL)
- 1979:
Yekaterina Smirnova (URS)
(1981–present)
- 1981:
Małgorzata Guzowska (POL)
- 1983:
Yekaterina Smirnova (URS)
- 1985:
Małgorzata Guzowska (POL)
- 1987:
Liliana Năstase (ROU)
- 1989:
Larisa Nikitina (URS)
- 1991:
Birgit Clarius (GER)
- 1993:
Urszula Włodarczyk (POL)
- 1995:
Jane Jamieson (AUS)
- 1997:
Mona Steigauf (GER)
- 1999:
Tiffany Lott (USA)
- 2001:
Jane Jamieson (AUS)
- 2003:
Kylie Wheeler (AUS)
- 2005:
Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR)
- 2007:
Viktorija Žemaitytė (LTU)
- 2009:
Jessica Samuelsson (SWE)
- 2011:
Olga Kurban (RUS)
- 2013:
Laura Ikauniece (LAT)
- 2015:
Anna Maiwald (GER)
- 2017:
Verena Preiner (AUT)
- 2019:
Miia Sillman (FIN)
- 2021:
Isabel Posch (AUT)
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