Tatiana Kazankina, Merited Master of Sports and member of the Soviet track-and-field select team, won the 800-meter and 1,500-meter running events during the 21st Summer Olympics, as well as the 1976 Soviet championship, the 800-meter and 1,500-meter running events during the Spartakiade of USSR Peoples and also holds the world record in the 800-meter, 1,500-meter and 4 by 800 meters relay-race categories.