Nadezhda Olizarenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nadezhda Olizarenko

Soviet athlete

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1953

Place of Birth: Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-2017

Profession: middle-distance runner

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????????, Ukrainian: ????? ????????? ??????????; née Mushta; 28 November 1953 – 18 February 2017) was a Soviet middle-distance runner.
At the 1980 Olympics she won the 800 m event, setting a world record at 1:53.43, and finished third in the 1500 m.
Her 800 m world record was improved in 1983, but still remains the second-best time over that distance.
Other than world record holder Jarmila Kratochvílová in 1983, only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya, in 2008, and Caster Semenya of South Africa, in 2018, have come within a second of Olizarenko's mark since it was set.Olizarenko won the 1986 European title in the 800 m, but failed to reach the final in this event at the 1988 Olympics.
She still holds the world record in the 4×800 m relay set in 1984.