Tatyana Prorochenko
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Women's Track and field | ||
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1980 Moscow | 4 × 400 metres |
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1976 Montreal | 4 × 100 metres |
Tatyana Prorochenko (Татьяна Пророченко, Ukrainian: Тетяна Пророченко) (March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union – March 11, 2020[1]) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporizhia. She competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 × 100 metres where she won a bronze medal with her teammates Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya.[1]
She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, this time moving up to the 4 × 400 metres, where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova and Irina Nazarova.[1]
After finishing her career Prorochenko worked for the Ukrainian Athletic Federation and in the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.[1] Prorochenko died from cancer on 11 March 2020.[1] She was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, her family organised a public appeal for money in 2019 to pay for her treatment.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "The legendary Olympic champion Tatiana Prorochenko has passed". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Severely ill Olympic champion in athletics needs help". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-11-14.
External links
[edit]- Tatyana Prorochenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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