Yekaterina Fesenko
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| name = Yekaterina Fesenko
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| native_name = Екатерина Фесенко-Грунь
| native_name_lang = ru
| fullname = Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 8, 1958}}
| birth_place = Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| height = 1.68 m
| weight = 57 kg
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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1983 Helsinki | 400m hurdles }}
{{MedalCompetition | Universiade }}
{{MedalGold | 1983 Edmonton | 400m hurdles }}
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Yekaterina Fesenko ({{langx|ru|Екатерина Фесенко}}, born August 8, 1958) is a Russian athlete who competed for the USSR. She was born in Krasnodar. After her marriage in 1992, she appeared in the charts under the name of Yekaterina Grun or Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun ({{langx|ru|Екатерина Фесенко-Грунь}}).
Career
Fesenko was USSR champion 400 meter hurdles starting in 1980. In the 1982 European Championships, she placed seventh in 55.86. In 1983, she won titles in the 400m hurdles and as part of the Soviet 4 x 400 meter relay team at the Universiade.[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/univwtandf.shtml#400mh World University Games: Track & Field Medalists – Women] Later that season, at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics she won the title in 54.14, one hundredth of a second ahead of her compatriot Ana Ambrazienė, who had previously set the world record at 54.02 in June of that year.[http://sports123.com/ath/ww-400h.html World Championship Results]
In 1984 she was unable to compete in the Olympics because of the Soviet led 1984 Summer Olympics boycott.
In competition, her weight was {{convert|57|kg}} and her height was {{convert|1.68|m}}[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=URS/athcode=65491/index.html IAAF Biography]
Personal bests
- 400m: 52.26 (1980)
- 400m Hurdles: 54.14 (1983)
References
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{{Footer World Champions 400 m hurdles Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 400m Hurdles Women}}
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Category:Soviet female hurdlers
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Russian female hurdlers
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
Category:Friendship Games medalists in athletics
Category:Sportspeople from Krasnodar
Category:Athletes from Krasnodar Krai
Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Russian sportswomen
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