Yelizaveta Bagryantseva

Yelisaveta Petrovna Bagriantseva (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева, 27 August 1929 – 24 January 1996) was a Russian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Yelizaveta Bagryantseva
Personal information
Born27 August 1929
Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died24 January 1996 (aged 75)
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw
ClubIskra
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)49.20 m (1953)
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki Discus throw

Bagryantseva was born in a Siberian salt-mining town and first trained in cross-country skiing. She changed to discus throw only when moved to Novosibirsk to study at the Novosibirsk College of Physical Education. She graduated in 1941, and until 1949 worked as a physical education teacher in Irkutsk. She then moved to Moscow to continue her sports studies at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, and the same year won silver medals at the national championships and at the World Student Games. She won two more silver medals, at the 1951 World Student Games and 1952 Olympics.[1]

Bagryantseva married the pole vaulter Yury Verkhoshansky, during a break between morning and evening sessions of the national championships. Together they later worked as athletics coaches in Russia and Italy.[1][3]

References
  1. Yelisaveta Bagriantseva's profile at Sports Reference.com
  2. Yelisaveta Bagriantseva's profile at databaseOlympics.com Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Багрянцева Елизавета Петровна. usoliecbs.r



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