Name Tamara Tyshkevich Role Olympic athlete | Died December 27, 1997 Weight 116 kg | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put | ||
Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich (Belarusian: Тамара Андрэеўна Тышкевіч, Russian: Тамара Андреевна Тышкевич; 31 March 1931 – 27 December 1997) was a Soviet shot putter. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and placed fourth in 1952, losing to her long-term rival Galina Zybina. At the European championships she won a bronze medal in 1954 and a silver in 1958.
Tyshkevich was born in Belarus, but during World War II her family fled to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she spent most of her life. She took up athletics in 1947 and retired in 1962, becoming an athletics coach.
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