Vera Komisova

Personal information

Born

June 11, 1953
Leningrad, Soviet Union

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	100 m hurdles
	1980 Moscow	4x100 m relay

Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina (Russian: Вера Яковлевна Комисова bzw. Никитина, born 11 June 1953) is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal.

References

Olympic champions in women's sprint hurdles

80 m hurdles	1932 Babe Didrikson (USA) 1936 Ondina Valla (ITA) 1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 1952 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) 1956 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) 1960 Irina Press (URS) 1964 Karin Balzer (EUA) 1968 Maureen Caird (AUS)

100 m hurdles	1972 Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) 1976 Johanna Schaller (GDR) 1980 Vera Komisova (URS) 1984 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA) 1988 Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1992 Voula Patoulidou (GRE) 1996 Ludmila Engquist (SWE) 2000 Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 2004 Joanna Hayes (USA) 2008 Dawn Harper (USA) 2012 Sally Pearson (AUS) 2016 Brianna Rollins (USA)

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