Klavdiya Aleksandrovna Tochonova (Russian: Клавдия Александровна Точёнова; 16 November 1921 – 30 May 2004) was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. She won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1950 European Championships. In October 1949 she set a world record of 14.86 m in Tbilisi. Tochonova won the shot put event at the 1949 and 1951 World Student Games and at the 1951 Soviet championships. After retiring from competitions she worked as an athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.[1]
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- ^ a b Klavdiya Tochonova. sports-reference.com