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Also Known As Tatyana Vasilyevna Kazankina Kovalenko
Born December 17, 1951 (age 74) • Kamyshin • Soviet Union
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Tatyana Kazankina clinching the gold medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
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