Lyudmila Ivanovna Shevtsova (born 26 November 1934 in Taman

Taman peninsula

The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It is bounded on the north by the Sea of Azov, on the west by the Strait of Kerch and on the south by the Black Sea. The peninsula has evolved over the past two millennia from a chain of islands into the peninsula it is...

, Krasnodar Krai

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) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She trained at VSS Avanhard in Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk

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.

On 3 July 1960, in Moscow

Moscow

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, she set the World Record in the discipline at 2 min 04.3 sec. She equalled her world record while winning the 800 metre gold for USSR

Soviet Union

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 in the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

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 held in Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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 two months later.

Shevtsova was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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(1960).