(1958-12-21) December 21, 1958 (age 65) Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country
Soviet Union (1980–1991)
Sport
Athletics
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best
2.05 m (1984)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
High jump
World Championships
1983 Helsinki
High Jump
1987 Rome
High Jump
European Championships
1982 Athens
High jump
World Indoor Championships
1989 Budapest
High jump
1991 Seville
High jump
European Indoor Championships
1983 Budapest
High jump
1987 Liévin
High jump
Universiade
1983 Edmonton
High Jump
1981 Bucharest
High Jump
Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova (Russian: Тамара Владимировна Быкова; born December 21, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union and competed in the high jump. She is the 1983 World Champion, the 1987 World Championship silver medallist, the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist, and is a former world record holder, with clearances of 2.03 and 2.04 metres in 1983 and 2.05 metres in 1984. She also won silver medals at the 1982 European Championships, the 1989 and 1991 World Indoor Championships, and three times at the World Cup (1981, 1985 and 1989).
Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova (Russian: Тамара Владимировна Быкова; born December 21, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the...
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v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
close fight with TamaraBykova, whom she had beaten at the European Championships the year before. At a competition in London, both Bykova and Meyfarth cleared...
Louise Ritter United States 2.03 m Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria 2.01 m TamaraBykova Soviet Union 1.99 m Long jump details Jackie Joyner-Kersee United...
v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
Seoul details Louise Ritter United States Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria TamaraBykova Soviet Union 1992 Barcelona details Heike Henkel Germany Alina Astafei...
Games saw the athletics competition's first doping infractions, as TamaraBykova and Larisa Nikitina (both from the Soviet Union) lost their silver medals...
v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
Kratochvílová 3:28.47 High jump Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Europe 2.00 TamaraBykova (URS) Soviet Union 1.97 Susanne Helm (GDR) East Germany 1.97 Long jump...
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Records Preceded by TamaraBykova Women's High Jump World Record Holder July 20, 1984 — June 1, 1986 Succeeded by Stefka Kostadinova Sporting positions...
v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
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v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
v t e World champions in women's high jump 1983: TamaraBykova (URS) 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 1991: Heike Henkel (GER) 1993: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)...
details Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) 1.96 m Lyudmila Butuzova (URS) 1.96 m TamaraBykova (URS) 1.96 m Long jump details Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.15 m Helga...
Silver Bronze High jump details Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany 2.02 m CR TamaraBykova Soviet Union 1.97 m Sara Simeoni Italy 1.97 m Long jump details Vali...