Anna Tkach
{{Short description|Israeli sprinter}}
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Anna Tkach ({{Langx|he|'אנה טקץ}}, {{langx|ru|Анна Ткач}}; born 17 April 1975) is a retired Russian-born Israeli sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Tkach is Jewish,"Track & Field: Women's top-four performances", Jewish Sports Review, Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 15, January/February 2015. and was a Russian citizen until 2003 when she changed nationality to Israel. She competed for her new country in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships, reaching the semi-final.{{World Athletics}} She also competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/2003/Women_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Women 4x400m Relay World Championship 2003 Paris (FRA)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=27 March 2010}}
Her personal best times were 11.45 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Moscow; 23.07 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Moscow; and 50.67 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Tula. She also holds the current Israeli record in the 400 metres at 52.06.
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Category:Russian female sprinters
Category:Israeli female sprinters
Category:Russian emigrants to Israel
Category:Jewish Russian sportspeople
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Jewish track and field athletes
Category:Russian people of Israeli descent
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
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