Tatyana Aleksandrovna Sychova (née Mekhanoshina, Russian: Татьяна Александровна Сычёва-Механошина; born 29 November 1957) is a Georgian long-distance runner. She twice represented the Soviet Union at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing fifth at the 1981 race and 45th at the 1980 race. Both times she shared in the team gold medals, running alongside teammates including Yelena Sipatova, Tatyana Sychova, Svetlana Ulmasova, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Irina Bondarchuk, Giana Romanova, Yelena Chernysheva, and Raisa Smekhnova.[1][2] She also ran at the 1981 European Cup, placing fourth in the 3000 metres.[3]

Tatyana Sychova
Personal information
Born (1957-11-29) 29 November 1957 (age 66)
Sport
Country Soviet Union
SportAthletics
Event(s)Cross country running, 3000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best3000 m: 8:33.9 (1980)
Medal record
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Madrid Team

At national level, she competed for Perm and was runner-up over 3000 m at the 1982 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships behind Svetlana Ulmasova (setting a best of 8:55.04 minutes which remains a Georgian indoor record),[4] runner-up to Nina Yapeyeva in the outdoor 3000 m at the 1981 Soviet Athletics Championships, seventh at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, and third in the short race at the 1978 and 1979 Soviet Cross Country Championships.[3]

She ran the second-fastest 3000 m time of the 1980 season, with her lifetime best of 8:33.9 minutes, set in Moscow in a runner-up performance oto world leader Sipatova.[5][6]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1980 World Cross Country Championships Paris, France 45th Senior race 16:51
1st Team 15 pts[7]
1981 World Cross Country Championships Madrid, Spain 5th Senior race 14:25
1st Team 24 pts
European Cup Bodø, Norway 4th 3000 m 8:55.69

References

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  1. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.5km CC Women - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
  3. ^ a b Tatyana Sychova. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  4. ^ Georgian Indoor Records (in Georgian). Georgian Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  5. ^ World Top Performers 1980–2005. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. ^ Tatyana Sychova. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. ^ Non-scoring performance
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