Tamara Tyshkevich

Tamara Tyshkevich
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne Shot put

Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich (Belarusian: Тамара Андрэеўна Тышкевіч, Russian: Тамара Андреевна Тышкевич) (March 31, 1931, Vitebsk December 27, 1997) was an athlete who mainly competed in the shot put event. She trained in Leningrad at Zenit and represented the Soviet Union.

She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the gold medal.



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