Nadezhda Besfamilnaya

Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya (, born 27 December 1950) is a Soviet-born Russian former sprint athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Competitive career Besfamilnaya trained at CSKA Moscow, the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. From a young age she was coached by , who remained her coach throughout her career.

She made her Olympic debut at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Her most successful race was the 4 × 100 metres relay, in which she finished fifth with teammates Galina Bukharina, Marina Sidorova, and Lyudmila Zharkova. Besfamilnaya also qualified for the semifinals in the 200 metres but did not advance to the medal round. She was scheduled to compete in the 100 metres but did not start.

She represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada and won Olympic bronze in the 4 × 100 metres relay with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Lyudmila Maslakova, and Vera Anisimova.

Coaching career Following her retirement from competition, Besfamilnaya worked at a children's sports school, for a future career as a sprinting coach. After six years spent developing the "necessary pedagogical skills" at the school, she made the jump to professional coaching and began a coaching partnership with Zoya Petrova, her former coach.