Yevgeniya Sechenova | |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1918 |
Birth Place: | Sevastopol, Crimea |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.73m (05.68feet) |
Weight: | 600NaN0 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Club: | Dynamo Moscow |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Yevgeniya Ivanovna Sechenova (Russian: Евгения Ивановна Сеченова; 17 August 1918 – 25 June 1990) was a Soviet sprint runner who won six medals at the European championships in 1946 and 1950. She was part of the Soviet 4 × 200 m relay team that set world records in 1950 and 1951. She also competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the relay.
Sechenova won 20 national titles in 100 m (1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950), 200 m (1939, 1940, 1944, 1949), 4 × 100 m (1939, 1940, 1946, 1949–1951) and 4 × 200 m (1946, 1948–1951). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.