Yekaterina Smirnova
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Yekaterina Smirnova is a retired heptathlete who competed for the Soviet Union
during her career. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade. Smirnova set her personal best (6493 points) in the heptathlon on 19 June 1983 at a meet in Moscow
.
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....
during her career. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade. Smirnova set her personal best (6493 points) in the heptathlon on 19 June 1983 at a meet in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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Achievements
| 1978 | European Championships 1978 European Championships in Athletics The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia.-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Field:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |... |
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7th | Pentathlon |
| 1979 | World Student Games 1979 Summer Universiade The 1979 Summer Universiade, also known as the X Summer Universiade, took place in Mexico City, Mexico.-Medal table:... |
Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | Heptathlon |
| 1983 | World Student Games 1983 Summer Universiade The 1983 Summer Universiade, also known as the XII Summer Universiade, took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between July 1 and 12, 1983. Over 2,400 athletes from 73 countries participated.... |
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1st | Heptathlon |
| World Championships 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.... |
Helsinki, Finland | 6th | Heptathlon |