About Raisa Smekhnova
Born 1950. Raisa Smekhnova is a Russian athletics competitor.
Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova, nacida Raisa Katyukova, (; born September 16, 1950) is a retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, behind Norway's Grete Waitz and USA's Marianne Dickerson. She won the Soviet title in the women's marathon in 1985.
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Who is Raisa Smekhnova?
athletics competitor
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Raisa Smekhnova was born on 16 September 1950 in Kaltan.
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Raisa Smekhnova is an athletics competitor.
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Raisa Smekhnova is Russian.
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