Nina Zyuskova Explained

Nina Zyuskova
Honorific Suffix:MS
Native Name:Нина Анатольевна Зюськова
Native Name Lang:rus
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:3 May 1952[1]
Birth Place:Kalchyk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:180 cm[2]
Weight:67 kg
Country:Soviet Union
Sport:Athletics
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Nina Anatolievna Zyuskova[3] (Russian: Нина Анатольевна Зюськова, Ukrainian: Ніна Анатоліївна Зюськова; born 3 May 1952 in Kalchyk, Donetsk, Russia) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik and Irina Nazarova in the women's 4×400 metres event. She received the Order of the Badge of Honour and is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR.

After the Olympics, she began working as a children's coach in Donetsk.

References

  1. Web site: Nina ZIUSKOVA - Olympic Athletics USSR . 2016-06-15 . International Olympic Committee . en . 2019-06-27.
  2. Web site: Nina Ziuskova Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/nina-ziuskova-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . en . 2019-06-27.
  3. Web site: Олимпийская гордость Чермалыка . www.chermalyk.narod.ru . 2019-06-27.