Nina Zyuskova

Nina Anatolievna Zyuskova^[5] (Нина Анатольевна Зюськова, Ukrainian: Ніна Анатоліївна Зюськова; born 3 May 1952 in Kalchyk, Donetsk, Russia) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Nina Zyuskova

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Personal information
Native name	Нина Анатольевна Зюськова
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1952-05-03) 3 May 1952 (age 73)[1] Kalchyk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)[2]
Sport
Country	Soviet Union[1]
Sport	Athletics[1]
Events	4 × 400 m relay[1] 400 m[3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (4 × 400 m relay, 1980) 5th (400 m, 1980)
Personal bests	400 m: 50.17 (1980) 4 × 400 m relay: 3.20.2 (1980)[1]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4 × 400 m relay[1][4] IAAF World Cup 1979 Montreal 4 × 400 m relay[3]

She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik and Irina Nazarova in the women's 4 × 400 metres event. She received the Order of the Badge of Honour and is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR.

After the Olympics, she began working as a children's coach in Donetsk.^[2]