Ukrainian sprinter
Olha Bryzhina (Ukrainian :Ольга Бризгіна ,maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian :Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина ; born June 30, 1963, inKrasnokamsk ,Perm Oblast ) is a retired athlete who represented theSoviet Union (until 1991) and laterUkraine .
Bryzhina trained atDynamo inVoroshilovgrad . Competing in the400 metres and4 x 400 metres relay , she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (2022).[ 1] Bryzhina also became world champion in 1987.
Bryzhina successfully defeatedFlorence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay. Both runners ran the final leg of the relay and took the baton at about the same time. "Flo-Jo" ran a well paced race, chasing Bryzhina closely, and tried to challenge Bryzhina at the 300m point. However, the challenge from Flo-Jo was unsuccessful and Bryzhina won by a 4m margin, taking gold for theSoviet Union along with a new world record for the USSR team. Bryzhina's time of 47.7 seconds in the 1988 Olympic relay is one of the fastest relay legs ever run by a woman in the history of track and field.
Bryzhina's 400m personal best of 48.27 seconds is the women's 4th best result of all time in a laned 400m race.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] She achieved this in the same race thatMarita Koch set the current400m world record of 47.60 seconds on 6 October 1985 at theBruce Stadium inCanberra (Australia ).[ 3] [ 4]
Bryzhina's husbandViktor Bryzhin was also a champion track athlete, winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 1988 Olympics. Together they have two daughters,Yelizaveta Bryzhina andAnastasiia Bryzgina ,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] who are also a successful track runners (competing for Ukraine).
Bryzhina and her daughter Yelizaveta both had a best performance of 22.44 seconds over 200m as of December 2012.[ 8] [ 9]
^ "Athletics - World Record progression" .International Olympic Committee . RetrievedSeptember 12, 2006 .^a b c IAAF profile for Olga Bryzgina Archived 2012-12-02 at theWayback Machine ^a b 2012 Olympic Games Statistics - Women’s 400m ,Athletics Weekly ^a b START LIST 400 Metres Women - Round 1 Archived 2015-12-10 at theWayback Machine ,Daegu 2011 (27 August 2011)^ Romanization of Russian differs fromRomanization of Ukrainian ^ Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2 ,International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)^ (in Ukrainian) Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога ,Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)^ Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze ,BBC (August 1, 2010)^ Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster ,BBC (July 31, 2010)
1972 : Dagmar Käsling ,Rita Kühne ,Helga Seidler ,Monika Zehrt (GDR ) 1976 : Doris Maletzki ,Brigitte Rohde ,Ellen Streidt ,Christina Brehmer (GDR ) 1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko ,Tatyana Goyshchik ,Nina Zyuskova ,Irina Nazarova (URS ) 1984 : Lillie Leatherwood ,Sherri Howard ,Valerie Brisco-Hooks ,Chandra Cheeseborough ,Diane Dixon ,Denean Howard (USA ) 1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya ,Olga Nazarova ,Mariya Pinigina ,Olha Bryzhina ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS ) 1992 : Yelena Ruzina ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,Olga Nazarova ,Olha Bryzhina ,Liliya Nurutdinova ,Marina Shmonina (EUN ) 1996 : Rochelle Stevens ,Maicel Malone-Wallace ,Kim Graham ,Jearl Miles ,Linetta Wilson (USA ) 2000 : Jearl Miles Clark ,Monique Hennagan ,LaTasha Colander ,Andrea Anderson (USA ) 2004 : DeeDee Trotter ,Monique Henderson ,Sanya Richards ,Monique Hennagan ,Moushaumi Robinson (USA ) 2008 : Mary Wineberg ,Allyson Felix ,Monique Henderson ,Sanya Richards ,Natasha Hastings (USA ) 2012 : DeeDee Trotter ,Allyson Felix ,Francena McCorory ,Sanya Richards-Ross ,Keshia Baker ,Diamond Dixon (USA ) 2016 : Allyson Felix ,Phyllis Francis ,Natasha Hastings ,Courtney Okolo ,Taylor Ellis-Watson ,Francena McCorory (USA ) 2020 : Sydney McLaughlin ,Allyson Felix ,Dalilah Muhammad ,Athing Mu ,Kaylin Whitney ,Wadeline Jonathas ,Kendall Ellis ,Lynna Irby (USA ) 2024 : Shamier Little ,Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,Gabrielle Thomas ,Alexis Holmes ,Quanera Hayes ,Aaliyah Butler ,Kaylyn Brown (USA )
1983 :Kerstin Walther ,Sabine Busch ,Marita Koch ,Dagmar Rübsam ,Undine Bremer ,Ellen Fiedler (GDR)1987 :Dagmar Neubauer ,Kirsten Emmelmann ,Petra Müller ,Sabine Busch ,Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)1991 :Tatyana Ledovskaya ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,Olga Nazarova ,Olha Bryzhina ,Anna Chuprina (URS)1993 :Gwen Torrence ,Maicel Malone-Wallace ,Natasha Kaiser ,Jearl Miles ,Terri Dendy ,Michelle Collins (USA)1995 :Kim Graham ,Rochelle Stevens ,Camara Jones ,Jearl Miles ,Nicole Green (USA)1997 :Anke Feller ,Uta Rohländer ,Anja Rücker ,Grit Breuer (GER)1999 :Tatyana Chebykina ,Svetlana Goncharenko ,Olga Kotlyarova ,Natalya Nazarova ,Natalya Sharova ,Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)2001 :Sandie Richards ,Catherine Scott-Pomales ,Debbie-Ann Parris ,Lorraine Fenton ,Michelle Burgher ,Deon Hemmings (JAM)2003 :Demetria Washington ,Jearl Miles Clark ,Me'Lisa Barber ,Sanya Richards ,DeeDee Trotter (USA)2005 :Yuliya Pechonkina ,Olesya Krasnomovets ,Natalya Antyukh ,Svetlana Pospelova ,Tatyana Firova ,Olesya Zykina (RUS)2007 :DeeDee Trotter ,Allyson Felix ,Mary Wineberg ,Sanya Richards ,Monique Hennagan ,Natasha Hastings (USA)2009 :Debbie Dunn ,Allyson Felix ,Lashinda Demus ,Sanya Richards ,Natasha Hastings ,Jessica Beard (USA)2011 :Sanya Richards-Ross ,Allyson Felix ,Jessica Beard ,Francena McCorory ,Natasha Hastings ,Keshia Baker (USA)2013 :Jessica Beard ,Natasha Hastings ,Ashley Spencer ,Francena McCorory ,Joanna Atkins (USA)2015 :Christine Day ,Shericka Jackson ,Stephenie Ann McPherson ,Novlene Williams-Mills ,Anastasia Le-Roy ,Chrisann Gordon (JAM)2017 :Quanera Hayes ,Allyson Felix ,Shakima Wimbley ,Phyllis Francis ,Kendall Ellis ,Natasha Hastings (USA)2019 :Phyllis Francis ,Sydney McLaughlin ,Dalilah Muhammad ,Wadeline Jonathas ,Jessica Beard ,Allyson Felix ,Kendall Ellis ,Courtney Okolo (USA)2022 :Talitha Diggs ,Abby Steiner ,Britton Wilson ,Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,Kaylin Whitney ,Allyson Felix ,Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)2023 :Eveline Saalberg ,Lieke Klaver ,Cathelijn Peeters ,Femke Bol ,Lisanne de Witte (NED)