Irina Podyalovskaya (9 October 1959 – 13 August 2024) was a middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres (1:55.69) on 22 June 1984 at a meet in Kiev.

Irina Podyalovskaya
Personal information
Born9 October 1959 (1959-10-09)
Vyshenka, Mogilev Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died13 August 2024 (2024-08-14) (aged 64)
Achievements and titles
Personal best
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton 800 metres

Podyalovskaya holds the current world record in the rarely contested 4 × 800 metres relay (7:50.17 minutes with Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina and Lyudmila Borisova).

Podyalovskaya died on 13 August 2024, at the age of 64.[1]

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