Tamara Sorokina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Soviet female middle-distance runner
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Place of Birth: Varnensky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
About Tamara Sorokina
- Tamara Aleksandrovna Sorokina (Russian: ?????? ????????????? ????????; born 15 August 1950) is a Russian former Soviet middle-distance runner who competed in both the 800 metres and the 1500 metres.
- She set personal bests of 1:56.6 minutes and 3:58.89 minutes for the events, respectively. Sorokina was the gold medallist at the 1981 IAAF World Cup setting a meet record.
- She represented the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- At continental level, she was a bronze medallist at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the winner of the 1981 European Cup.
- In her last major performance she was a finalist at the 1982 European Athletics Championships.
- She was a five-time national champion indoors.
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