Tatyana Gordeyeva

Tatyana Gordeyeva
Personal information
Full name Tatyana Vladimirovna
Gordeyeva
Nationality  Russia
Born (1973-06-03) 3 June 1973
Volgograd, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Club Volgograd Army
Coached by Mikhail Zatselyapin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Heptathlon: 6336 points
(2000)

Tatyana Vladimirovna Gordeyeva (Russian: Татьяна Владимировна Гордеева; born June 3, 1973 in Volgograd) is a retired Russian heptathlete.[1] She has won a total of two medals, a silver and a bronze, in heptathlon at the European Cup Super League, and has been selected to compete for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but later withdrew from the meet after falling at one of the hurdles in the opening heat.[2] Gordeyeva trained under the tutelage of head coach Mikhail Zatselyapin for the national track and field team in combined events, while serving as a member of the Russian Army in her native Volgograd.[3]

Gordeyeva qualified for the Russian squad, along with her teammates Yelena Prokhorova and Svetlana Sokolova, in the women's heptathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2][4] She attained the IAAF Olympic "A" standard and a season best of 6235 points at the national meet in Tula to book her place on the Russian team in track and field. Coming to the Games with a number of sustained injuries, Gordeyeva attempted to clear one of the hurdles, and instead crashed straight into it. Thus, she did not finish the 110-metre hurdles heat, and later withdrew from the competition.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tatyana Gordeyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "На Олимпиаде в Афинах честь российского флага будут отстаивать 22 волгоградских спортсмена" [Russia will send 22 athletes from Volgograd to Athens Olympics] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "30 лет легкоатлетической школе «Каустик»" [30 years of school's "caustic" athletics] (in Russian). Volgograd.ru. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Russia names Olympic squad for Athens". IAAF. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Heptathlon". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

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