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Key facts
- Native name
- Тамара Владимировна Быкова
- Full name
- Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova
- Nationality
- Russian
- Born
- ( 1958-12-21 ) December 21, 1958 (age 67) , Azov , Rostov Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Height
- 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 59 kg (130 lb)
- Country
- Soviet Union (1980 – 1991)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- High jump
- Personal best
- 2.05 m (1984)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Azov
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 1980 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 59
- Height
- 180
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- date of birth
- 1958-12-21
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- record held
- Women's high jump world record progression
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Encyclopedic overview
Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova (Russian: Тамара Владимировна Быкова; born December 21, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union and competed in the high jump. She is the 1983 World Champion, the 1987 World Championship silver medallist, the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist, and is a former world record holder, with clearances of 2.03 and 2.04 metres in 1983 and 2.05 metres in 1984. She also won silver medals at the 1982 European Championships, the 1989 and 1991 World Indoor Championships, and three times at the World Cup (1981, 1985 and 1989).
Career
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