Vera Popkova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vera Popkova

Soviet sprinter

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1943

Place of Birth: Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2011

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Russia, Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Vera Ivanovna Popkova (Russian: ???? ???????? ???????) (2 April 1943 – 29 September 2011) was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed in the sprints.
She had personal bests of 11.3 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.0 seconds for the 200 metres.
Over her career, she won eight individual national titles in the sprints (five outdoors and three indoors).She came to prominence by winning medals in the sprints at the 1963 Summer Universiade and the 1966 European Athletics Championships.
Her greatest successes came with the Soviet relay team: in 1968 she helped set two world records in the 4×100 m relay and won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
Her international career ended on a high note with two gold medals in the 400 metres and relay at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
She was also a three-time medallist at the European Cup.