Vera Krepkina
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Track and Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1960 Rome | Long Jump | |
Vera Samoilovna Krepkina (Kalashnikova) (Russian: Вера Самойловна Крепкина (Калашникова)) (born April 16, 1933 in Kotelnich) is a Soviet athlete. She trained in Vologda and later in Kiev at Lokomotiv.
She competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. Better known as a sprinter, she won a surprise gold in the Long Jump with an Olympic record of 6.37, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus.
Vera Krepkina was awarded Order of Lenin (1960).
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