 Chenchik at the US-Soviet meet in Philadelphia in 1959 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 30 January 1936 Pryluky,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union[1][2] |
| Died | 19 November 2013 (aged 77)[1][2] Moscow,Russia[1][2] |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | High jump |
| Club | Burevestnik Chelyabinsk (1956–62) Burevestnik Moscow (1963–69)[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest | 1.78 m (1959)[1][3] |
Taisiya Filipivna Chenchik (Russian:Таисия Филипповна Ченчик; 30 January 1936 – 19 November 2013) was aSoviet high jumper. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished fifth and third, respectively. At the European championships she won a gold medal in 1966 and a silver in 1958. Chenchik also won the high jump event at the 1963 Universiade, 1967 European Indoor Championships, USSR-USA dual meets (1958–59, 1962–63, 1965) and Soviet championships (1957–59 and 1962).[1][4]
Chenchik was born in Ukraine in 1936. In 1941, when Germany invaded Ukraine during World War II, her family was evacuated toChelyabinsk. There she took up athletics while studying at theChelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute. In 1959 she graduated in electrical engineering, and then worked as a lecturer at the same institute (1959–62) and at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1963–91). In retirement she headed Moscow Veteran's Athletics Federation and was a board member of the Moscow Athletics Federation.[1][4]
European Athletics Championships champions in women'shigh jump | |
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