Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023)

Vera Krepkina

Soviet athletics competitor (1933–2023)

Vera Samuilovna Krepkina 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…