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Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (died 2015)

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Nina Otkalenko

Soviet distance runner

Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko was a Soviet middle-distance runner. She won a European title in the 800 m at the inaugural 1954 European Athletics Championships and set multiple world records in this event in 1951–54. She missed the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, where women's…
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