Margarita Plavunova Explained

National Team:Russia
Birth Date:31 January 1994
Birth Place:Kotovsk, Russia
Death Place:Morshansky District, Tamblov Oblast, Western Russia
Sport:athletics
Event:100m, 60m hurdles
Coach:Elena Melnikova
Pb:14.06 seconds – 100m hurdles

Margarita Plavunova (31 January 1994 – 22 August 2019) was a Russian athlete and artists' model.

She was born in Kotovsk in 1994 and was a graduate of the sports department at Tomsk State University.[1] She competed in the national championships and became Russian student champion in the 60m hurdles and also competing in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.[2]

Plavunova died suddenly on 22 August 2019 beside a highway in the Morshansky District of the Tambov Oblast region of western Russia at the age of 25 while jogging. Preliminary post-mortem examination suggested acute heart failure.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-07-27 . Athlete and model found dead on side of road . 2024-10-17 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  2. News: Russian athlete Margarita Plavunova dies suddenly in training . Rich . Jones . 21 August 2019 . 23 August 2019 . . MGN Limited.
  3. News: Russian athlete and model Margarita Plavunova dies while training . Joe . Brophy . 22 August 2019 . 23 August 2019 . NY Post.