Great Olympians

Biographies - ITK


Mariya Leontyevna Itkina

B. 1932-05-03, Smolensk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2020-12-01
Athletics - Track & Field
1956 1960 1964 HP
Women's 100 metres fourth 1600
Women's 200 metres SF:4th fourth 1928
Women's 400 metres fifth 1000
Women's 4x100 metres Relay fourth fourth 1280
5808

She competed for Spartak and Dynamo Minsk, so the MADMen class her as Belarussian, but I prefer to go with the birthplace, so Russian she is classed here.
With four fourth and one fifth place, probably the most unlucky Olympian ever.


Moisei Abramovych Itkis

B. 1929-04-20, Torhovytsia, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2009-06-22
Shooting
1960 HP
Men's Free Rifle fifth 1500
1500


Written 2020-02-16 - last modified 2020-10-09

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