Olga Antonova (athlete)

Olga Antonova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rome 4×100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Gothenburg 200 m

Olga Antonova (Russian: Ольга Антонова; née Nasonova; born 16 February 1960) is a Russian former track and field sprinter who competed for the Soviet Union. She represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics in 1983 and 1987, winning a relay medal at the latter edition. She was a bronze medallist over 200 m at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was a two-time Soviet indoor champion over 60 metres.

Career

Antonova won her first international medal at the 1981 Universiade, where she was the 100 metres bronze medallist.[1] Her first full senior outing came at the 1981 IAAF World Cup, where as part of the Soviet 4×100 metres relay team (alongside Olga Zolotaryova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva and Natalya Bochina) she won a further bronze medal.[2]

A run of 11.24 seconds for the 100 m earned her a place at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics. She reached the semi-finals of the event and was the fastest athlete not to reach the final.[3] Antonova established her indoor pedigree by taking her first national title in the 60 metres at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships in 1984.[4] She opted for the longer 200 metres distance at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships and came away with the bronze medal (although she was almost a second slower than the winner Jarmila Kratochvílová).[5]

Antonova slipped back in the national rankings after 1984 and only returned to the national team in 1987, after a lifetime best run of 11.19 seconds for the 100 m in Chelyabinsk.[2] She was chosen to run the anchor leg of the relay in a Soviet women's team including Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, and Natalya German. The team ended up a clear third place behind the American and East German women.[6]

Antonova did not compete internationally after 1987, though she achieved a second national title in the 60 m in 1988, setting a lifetime best of 7.25 seconds for the distance.[4]

Personal bests

National titles

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1981 Universiade Bucharest, Romania 3rd 100 m 11.54
World Cup Rome, Italy 3rd 4×100 m relay 43.01
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th (semis) 100 m 11.30
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 200 m 23.80
Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 8th 100 m 11.33
2nd 4×100 m relay 42.71
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 4×100 m relay 42.33

References

  1. ^ World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Olga Antonova. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ Olga Antonova. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ^ European Indoor Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships in Athletics> 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics> 4x100 Metres Relay - women. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.