Tatyana Prorochenko

Ukrainian athlete (1952–2020)

Olympic medal record

Women’s Track and Field
|  1980 Moscow | 4 x 400 metres
|  1976 Montreal | 4 x 100 metres

Tatyana Prorochenko (Russian: Татьяна Пророченко, Ukrainian: Тетяна Пророченко) (March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union – March 11, 2020[1]) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporizhia. She competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won a bronze medal with her teammates Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya.[1]

She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, this time moving up to the 4 x 400 metres, where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova and Irina Nazarova.[1]

After finishing her career Prorochenko worked for the Ukrainian Athletic Federation and in the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.[1] Prorochenko died from cancer on 11 March 2020.[1] She was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, her family organised a public appeal for money in 2019 to pay for her treatment.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "The legendary Olympic champion Tatiana Prorochenko has passed". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2020-03-11.
2. ^ "Severely ill Olympic champion in athletics needs help". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-11-14.

## External links[edit]

* Tatyana Prorochenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

* 1972:  Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt (GDR)
* 1976:  Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer (GDR)
* 1980:  Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova (URS)
* 1984:  Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Diane Dixon, Denean Howard (USA)
* 1988:  Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS)
* 1992:  Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Liliya Nurutdinova, Marina Shmonina (EUN)
* 1996:  Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson (USA)
* 2000:  Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander, Andrea Anderson (USA)
* 2004:  DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Moushaumi Robinson (USA)
* 2008:  Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings (USA)
* 2012:  DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon (USA)
* 2016:  Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Courtney Okolo, Taylor Ellis-Watson, Francena McCorory (USA)
* 2020:  Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, Kaylin Whitney, Wadeline Jonathas, Kendall Ellis, Lynna Irby (USA)

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