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Medal record
Nadezhda Chizhova
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Munich	Shot Put
Silver	1976 Montreal	Shot Put
Bronze	1968 Mexico City	Shot Put
European Championships
Gold	1966 Budapest	Shot Put
Gold	1969 Athens	Shot Put
Gold	1971 Helsinki	Shot Put
Gold	1974 Rome	Shot Put

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова) (born 29 September, 1945 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier. Her toughest rival was Margitta Gummel.

World records

• 16.60 metres in 1964 (world junior record)
• 18.67 metres on 28 April 1968 in Sochi
• 19.72 metres on 30 May 1969 in Moscow
• 20.09 metres on 13 July 1969 in Chorzów
• 20.43 metres on 16 September 1969 in Athens
• 20.63 metres on 19 May 1972 in Sochi
• 21.03 metres on 7 September 1972 in Munich
• 21.20 metres on 28 August 1973 in Lvov

Her latest record stood until 21 September 1974 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to 21.57 metres.

Achievements

External links

• Sporting Heroes

Records
Preceded by —	Women's Shot Put World Record Holder September 7, 1972 – September 21, 1974	Succeeded by Helena Fibingerová