Nadezhda Chizhova

Nadezhda Chizhova

Personal information
Born	29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) (age 78) Usolye-Sibirskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	Spartak St. Petersburg
Coached by	Viktor Alekseyev
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	21.45 m (1973)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Shot put 1972 Munich Shot put 1976 Montreal Shot put European Championships 1966 Budapest Shot put 1969 Athens Shot put 1971 Helsinki Shot put 1974 Rome Shot put European Athletics Indoor Championships 1966 Dortmund Shot put 1967 Prague Shot put 1968 Madrid Shot put 1970 Vienna Shot put 1971 Sofia Shot put 1972 Grenoble Shot put 1974 Gothenburg Shot put Summer Universiade 1965 Budapest Shot put 1970 Turin Shot put 1973 Moscow Shot put

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She retired after the 1976 Olympics