Marina Grigorievna Sidorova (Russian: Марина Григорьевна Сидорова-Никифорова, née Nikiforova; born 16 January 1950) is a Russian former Soviettrack and fieldsprinter. She was a seven-time Soviet champion, winning over distances from 100 metres to 400 metres.[1][2]
She was the daughter of two former athletes who became athletics coaches, Grigory Nikiforov and Valentina Nikiforova, who propagated a new training technique for distance running, based on long, low-speed runs and short high-speed runs.
marina, sidorova, marina, grigorievna, sidorova, russian, Марина, Григорьевна, Сидорова, Никифорова, née, nikiforova, born, january, 1950, russian, former, soviet, track, field, sprinter, seven, time, soviet, champion, winning, over, distances, from, metres, m. Marina Grigorievna Sidorova Russian Marina Grigorevna Sidorova Nikiforova nee Nikiforova born 16 January 1950 is a Russian former Soviet track and field sprinter She was a seven time Soviet champion winning over distances from 100 metres to 400 metres 1 2 Marina Sidorova Medal record Women s athletics Representing the Soviet Union European Championships 1971 Helsinki 4 100 m relay European Indoor Championships 1978 Milan 400 m IAAF World Cup 1977 Dusseldorf 4 100 m relay 1977 Dusseldorf 4 400 m relay 1979 Rome 4 400 m relay Born in Saint Petersburg then Leningrad she made her Olympic debut at age twenty two and was a 200 metres semi finalist and helped the Soviet women to fifth in the 4 100 metres relay 3 Her greatest individual success came at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she won the women s 400 metres title 4 She took a 400 m bronze at the 1977 IAAF World Cup and was twice a 200 m silver medallist at the Universiade 5 6 She also won three individual medals at the European Cup during her career 7 With the Soviet women s relay team she won four bronze medals at major competitions Her first came at the 1971 European Athletics Championships alongside Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya 8 She won medals in both 4 100 metres relay and 4 400 metres relay at the 1977 IAAF World Cup and returned two years later to win another bronze in the 4 400 metres relay in a team anchored by future Olympic champion Lyudmila Kondratyeva 9 She was the daughter of two former athletes who became athletics coaches Grigory Nikiforov and Valentina Nikiforova who propagated a new training technique for distance running based on long low speed runs and short high speed runs Contents 1 Personal bests 2 International competitions 3 National titles 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPersonal bests edit60 metres 7 65 1973 10 100 metres 11 2 1973 11 200 metres 22 72 1973 11 400 metres 50 98 1977 11 International competitions editYear Competition Venue Position Event Notes 1971 European Championships Helsinki Finland 3rd 4 100 m relay 44 5 1972 Olympic Games Munich West Germany 7th semis 200 m 23 40 5th 4 100 m relay 43 59 1973 Universiade Moscow Soviet Union 2nd 200 m 22 72 European Cup Edinburgh United Kingdom 3rd 100 m 11 40 2nd 200 m 22 93 1974 European Championships Rome Italy 8th semis 200 m 24 66 1977 European Cup Helsinki Finland 2nd 400 m 51 20 IAAF World Cup Dusseldorf West Germany 3rd 400 m 51 29 3rd 4 100 m relay 42 91 3rd 4 400 m relay 3 27 0 Universiade Sofia Bulgaria 2nd 200 m 23 09 1978 European Indoor Championships Milan Italy 1st 400 m 52 42 1979 IAAF World Cup Montreal Canada 3rd 4 100 m relay 42 52 Spartakiad Moscow Soviet Union 3rd 200 m 23 45National titles editSoviet Athletics Championships 100 m 1974 200 m 1973 1974 1977 400 m 1977 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships 400 m 1977 1978See also editList of European Athletics Championships medalists women List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists women References edit Soviet Championships GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 Soviet Indoor Championships GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 Marina Sidorova Sports Reference Retrieved on 2017 04 03 European Indoor Championships Women GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 IAAF World Cup GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 Universiade women GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 European Cup women GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 STATISTICS HANDBOOK European Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 IAAF World Cup Archived 2012 10 26 at the Wayback Machine IAAF Retrieved on 2017 04 03 Marina Sidorova All Athletics Retrieved on 2017 04 03 a b c Marina Sidorova Track and Field Brinkster Retrieved on 2017 04 03 External links editMarina Sidorova at World Athletics nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marina Sidorova amp oldid 1215574137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
