Tamara Novikova

Tamara Novikova (born June 6, 1932 at Irkutsk, USSR) is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.^[1]

Tamara Novikova

Personal information
Full name	Tamara Novikova
Born	(1932-06-06)6 June 1932  Soviet Union
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Major wins
1955 Female world record for 1 hour, 38.473 km
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Women’s Cycling UCI Road World Championships 1958 Road race

Biography

Career

Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km,^[1][2] breaking the mark of Italian Alfonsina Strada that had stood for 26 years.^[3]

Novikova took the silver medal in the first UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race at Reims, France in 1958. She finished behind Elsy Jacobs of Luxembourg.^[1]

On the 'Cycling Rankings 1958 - 2006' she was ranked 45th.^[4]