Vilhelmina "Vilma" Bardauskienė (born 15 June 1953) is a former long jumper from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She twice set the women's world record in the long jump, and won the European title in 1978 (Prague). She was born in Pakruojis.
Bardauskienė was the first female athlete to break the 7m barrier in long jump (7.07m). Eleven days later she broke her own record by two centimetres (7.09m) at the European Championships in Prague.
vilma, bardauskienė, vilhelmina, vilma, bardauskienė, born, june, 1953, former, long, jumper, from, lithuania, represented, soviet, union, late, 1970s, early, 1980s, twice, women, world, record, long, jump, european, title, 1978, prague, born, pakruojis, barda. Vilhelmina Vilma Bardauskiene born 15 June 1953 is a former long jumper from Lithuania who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s She twice set the women s world record in the long jump and won the European title in 1978 Prague She was born in Pakruojis Bardauskiene was the first female athlete to break the 7m barrier in long jump 7 07m Eleven days later she broke her own record by two centimetres 7 09m at the European Championships in Prague Biography editSince the age of 14 she competed in long jumping She was trained by Y Y Goodvich and Igor Ter Ovanesyan Because of the injury and the birth of the son 1975 she had a break in 1974 1976 In 1987 the IAAF named Bardauskiene among the 10 best jumpers of the world in history the fifth place References editProfile Records Preceded by nbsp Siegrun Siegl Women s Long Jump World Record Holder18 August 1978 1 August 1982 Succeeded by nbsp Valy Ionescu nbsp This biographical article relating to Lithuanian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vilma Bardauskiene amp oldid 1195103608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
