Nadezhda Chizhova

Nadezhda Chizhova
Personal information
Born29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) (age 80)
Usolye-Sibirskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
ClubSpartak St. Petersburg
Coached byViktor Alekseyev
Achievements and titles
Personal best21.45 m (1973)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Shot put
1972 Munich Shot put
1976 Montreal Shot put
European Championships
1966 Budapest Shot put
1969 Athens Shot put
1971 Helsinki Shot put
1974 Rome Shot put
European Indoor Championships
1966 Dortmund Shot put
1967 Prague Shot put
1968 Madrid Shot put
1970 Vienna Shot put
1971 Sofia Shot put
1972 Grenoble Shot put
1974 Gothenburg Shot put
Summer Universiade
1965 Budapest Shot put
1970 Turin Shot put
1973 Moscow Shot put

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the 20 m (66 ft) and 21 m (69 ft) barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.

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