Olga Antonova

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
	1987 Rome	4×100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
	1984 Gothenburg	200 m

Olga Antonova (Russian: Ольга Антонова; née Nasonova; born 16 February 1960) is a Russian former track and field sprinter who competed for the Soviet Union. She represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics in 1983 and 1987, winning a relay medal at the latter edition. She was a bronze medallist over 200 m at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was a two-time Soviet indoor champion over 60 metres.

Career

Antonova won her first international medal at the 1981 Universiade, where she was the 100 metres bronze medallist.^[1] Her first full senior outing came at the 1981 IAAF World Cup, where as part of the Soviet 4×100 metres relay team (alongside Olga Zolotaryova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva and Natalya Bochina) she won a further bronze medal.^[2]

A run of 11.24 seconds for the 100 m earned her a place at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics. She reached the semi-finals of the event and was the fastest athlete not to reach the final.^[3] Antonova established her indoor pedigree by taking her first national title in the 60 metres at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships in 1984.^[4] She opted for the longer 200 metres distance at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships and came away with the bronze medal (although she was almost a second slower than the winner Jarmila Kratochvílová).^[5]

Antonova slipped back in the national rankings after 1984 and only returned to the national team in 1987, after a lifetime best run of 11.19 seconds for the 100 m in Chelyabinsk.^[2] She was chosen to run the anchor leg of the relay in a Soviet women's team including Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, and Natalya German. The team ended up a clear third place behind the American and East German women.^[6]

Antonova did not compete internationally after 1987, though she achieved a second national title in the 60 m in 1988, setting a lifetime best of 7.25 seconds for the distance.^[4]

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 11.19 seconds (1987)
• 60 metres (indoor) – 7.25 (1988)
• 200 metres (indoor) – 23.66 seconds (1984)

National titles

• Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 metres: 1984, 1988^[4]

International competitions

References