| Vera Krepkina | |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1933[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kotelnich, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Height: | 1.59 m |
| Weight: | 58 kg |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprints, long jump |
| Club: | Lokomotiv Vologda Lokomotiv Kiev |
| Pb: | 100 m 11.3 (1958) |
Vera Samuilovna Krepkina (later Kalashnikova, Russian: Вера Самуиловна Крепкина (Калашникова); 15 April 1933 – 25 April 2023) was a Soviet-Ukrainian track and field athlete. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics. At all these Olympics she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m sprint. In 1960, she also took part in the long jump and won a surprise gold medal with an Olympic record of 6.37 m, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus.[2]
At the European Championships she won gold medals in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1954 and 1958 and finished second in the 100 m in 1958.[3] She was a member of the Soviet team that set a world record in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1956, and she tied the world record (11.3 seconds) in the 100 meter dash in 1958. During her career Krepkina won eight Soviet titles: 100 m in 1952, 1957 and 1958; 200 m in 1952; 4 × 100 m relay in 1952, 1960 and 1965; and 4 × 200 m relay in 1952. In retirement she worked as a children's athletics coach in Ukraine.[2]
Krepkina died on 25 April 2023, at the age of 90.[4]