Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Soviet and Russian middle distance runner. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976. In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record of 4:06.9, at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1 (4:06.47), the semi-finals (4:05.07}, and the final (4:01.38), of the 1972 Olympics.[1][2] The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three world records in the 3000 m: 8:53.0 in 1972, 8:52.74 in 1974 and 8:27.12 in 1976.[3] At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors (1974), and in the 800 m (1970) and 1,500 m indoors (1971–72).[1]
In 1960 Bragina started training in the high jump, and changed to running only in 1964. She had a career-threatening bout of pneumonia in 1966. After recovering she moved to the south of Russia, in Krasnodar,[4] where she later worked as an athletics coach.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Lyudmila Bragina". Sports-Reference Olympic Records. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Athletics – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
- ^ "World and European Record Progression". Athletix.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Брагина, Людмила Ивановна. sportlegend.kulichki.net
External links
- (in Russian) Biography
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