Lyudmila Bragina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lyudmila Bragina

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Yekaterinburg, Perm Governorate

Profession: middle-distance runner

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: ??????? ???????? ???????, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Russian middle distance runner.
She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976.
In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record of 4:06.9, at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1 (4:06.47), the semi-finals (4:05.07}, and the final (4:01.38), of the 1972 Olympics.
The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
She also set three world records in the 3000 m: 8:53.0 in 1972, 8:52.74 in 1974 and 8:27.12 in 1976.
At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors (1974), and in the 800 m (1970) and 1,500 m indoors (1971–72).In 1960 Bragina started training in the high jump, and changed to running only in 1964.
She had a career-threatening bout of pneumonia in 1966.
After recovering she moved to the south of Russia, in Krasnodar, where she later worked as an athletics coach.