Vera Anisimova is a Soviet

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....

 athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society

Armed Forces (sports society)

Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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. She competed for USSR

Soviet Union

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 in the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

 held in Montreal

Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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 in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Tatyana Prorochenko

Tatyana Prorochenko

Tatyana Prorochenko is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporozhye...

, Lyudmila Maslakova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya

Nadezhda Besfamilnaya

Nadezhda Besfamilnaya is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

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She returned for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 held in Moscow

Moscow

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, in the 4 x 100 metres where she again teamed up with Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova where she won the silver medal with her team mates Vera Komisova

Vera Komisova

Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.-References:**...

, and Natalya Bochina

Natalya Bochina

Natalya Valeryevna Bochina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres. Bochina trained at Dynamo in Leningrad....

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