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Soviet middle-distance runner (1959–2024)
Irina Podyalovskaya
Personal information
Born9 October 1959 (1959-10-09)
Vyshenka, Mogilev Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died13 August 2024 (2024-08-14) (aged 64)
Achievements and titles
Personal best
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton 800 metres

Irina Podyalovskaya (9 October 1959 – 13 August 2024) was a middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (1:55.69) on 22 June 1984 at a meet in Kiev.

Podyalovskaya holds the current world record in the rarely contested 4 × 800 metres relay (7:50.17 minutes with Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina and Lyudmila Borisova).

Podyalovskaya died on 13 August 2024, at the age of 64.

References

  1. Умерла заслуженный мастер спорта СССР Ирина Подъяловская (in Russian)

Sources

World University Games champions in women's 800 metres
World best yearly performance in women's 800 metres


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