Anotanga kubudirira achishandisa zita rake rokutanga, Yelena Chernysheva (anonziwo Elena Chernyshova), uye akahwina menduru yebronze uye menduru yegoridhe yechikwata pa 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Akadzokorora chiitiko ichocho mumutambo wa1981 uye akahwina mukombe wechitatu uye wekupedzisira wechikwata pamusangano wa1982
(vachitungamirira vakadzi veSoviet munzvimbo yechinomwe).