Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun Fesenko born on August 8, 1958 in Krasnodar

Krasnodar

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, Russia

Russia

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, is a Russian athlete who competed for the USSR. After her marriage in 1992, she appeared in the charts under the name of Yekaterina Grun or Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun.

Career

Yekaterina Fesenko was USSR champion 400 meter hurdles starting in 1980. In the 1982 European Championships, she placed seventh in 55.86. In 1983, she won titles in the 400m hurdles and as part of the Soviet 4 x 400 meter relay team at the Universiade

Universiade

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. Later that season, at the innagural 1983 World Championships in Athletics

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 she won the title in 54.14, one hundredth of a second ahead of her compatriot Ana Ambrazienė

Ana Ambraziene

Anna Ambrazienė is a retired hurdler from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born in Vilnius. She set her personal best in the women's 400 m hurdles on June 11, 1983 at a meet in Moscow. That mark was the standing world record for over a year.-References:...

, who had previously set the world record at 54.02 in June of that year.

In 1984 she was unable to compete in the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games

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 because of the Soviet led 1984 Summer Olympics boycott

1984 Summer Olympics boycott

The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The boycott was a follow up to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union who initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and joined...

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In competition, she had a weight of 57 kg as 1.68 m.