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Name
  
Mariya Pisareva


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Mariya Pisareva (Russian: Мария Писарева; born 9 April 1934) is a retired Soviet Union athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She trained at Zenit in Moscow

She competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the High Jump where she won the silver medal jointly with Thelma Hopkins.

After her athletic career she married discus thrower Oto Grigalka.

References

Mariya Pisareva Wikipedia