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Irina Natanovna Press (en ruso: Ирина Натановна Пресс, en ucraniano: Ірина Натанівна Пресс, Iryna Natanivna Press; Járkov, Unión Soviética, 10 de marzo de 1939-Moscú, Rusia, 22 de febrero de 2004) fue una polifacética atleta soviética que compitió en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1960 y 1964.
Irina Natanovna Press (10 March 1939 – 22 February 2004) was a multitalented Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay.
24 de sept. de 2021 · Las Press fueron las primeras hermanas que ganaron oro olímpico en atletismo en la misma edición (hecho que repitieron por segunda vez en Tokio 64). Tamara e Irina Press representaron auténticos iconos del deporte soviético, ávido de mostrar al mundo sus logros.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Irina Press (born March 10, 1939, Kharkov, Ukr., U.S.S.R. [now Kharkiv, Ukr.]—died Feb. 22, 2004, Russia) was a Soviet athlete who won two track-and-field Olympic gold medals during a career in which she set 11 world records. Press won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome in the 80-metre hurdles, setting an Olympic record (10. ...
21 de feb. de 2004 · Irina Press was a Russian track and field athlete who won two Olympic gold medals in the 80 hurdles and the pentathlon in the 1960s. She was part of the Press Sisters duo with her sister Tamara and retired in 1966 after gender verification rules were introduced.
Irina Press had set her first world record in the pentathlon in 1959, but had had to wait until 1964 for this to become an Olympic event for women. She was highly versatile as she competed in the 80 metre hurdles and sprint relay at the 1960 Olympics and in 1964, competed in the hurdles and shot put, in addition to the pentathlon.
Hace 6 días · Iryna PRESS. Team USSR. Athletics. Olympic Medals. 2 G. Games Participations 2. First Olympic Games Rome 1960. Year of Birth 1939. Olympic Results. Biography. Together with her sister Tamara, Irina Press formed a duo known as the )Press Sisters), who were successful in various women's track & field events in the early 1960s.
