Vera Komisova
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Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina ' onMouseout='HidePop("26617")' href="/topics/Saint_Petersburg">Leningrad
) is a retired hurdler
. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) is a retired hurdler
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...
. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.