Laine Erik
Encyclopedia
Laine Erik-Kallas is a retired female middle distance runner from Estonia
, who twice represented the Soviet Union
at the Summer Olympics: 1964 and 1968. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (2:03.6) on 1967-09-04 at a meet in Kiev
.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, who twice represented the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
at the Summer Olympics: 1964 and 1968. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (2:03.6) on 1967-09-04 at a meet in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
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