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Died
  
June 1990 (aged 71)

Height
  
1.73 m

Name
  
Yevgeniya Sechenova


Club
  
Dynamo Moscow

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
60 kg

Yevgeniya Sechenova

Born
  
17 August 1918
Sevastopol, Ukraine

Yevgeniya Ivanovna Sechenova (Russian: Евгения Ивановна Сеченова; 17 August 1918 – June 1990) was a Soviet sprint runner who won six medals at the European championships in 1946 and 1950. She was part of the Soviet 4 × 200 m relay team that set world records in 1950 and 1951. She also competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the relay.

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Sechenova won 20 national titles in 100 m (1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950), 200 m (1939, 1940, 1944, 1949), 4 × 100 m (1939, 1940, 1946, 1949–1951) and 4 × 200 m (1946, 1948–1951). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

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