Vera Popkova
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Mexico City | 4×100m relay |
| European Championships | ||
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1966 Budapest | 200 m |
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1966 Budapest | 4×100 m relay |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
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1971 Sofia | 400 m |
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1971 Sofia | 4×400 m relay |
| Summer Universiade | ||
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1963 Porto Alegre | 100 m |
Vera Ivanovna Popkova (Russian: Вера Ивановна Попкова) (2 April 1943 – 29 September 2011) was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed in the sprints. She had personal bests of 11.3 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.0 seconds for the 200 metres. Over her career, she won eight individual national titles in the sprints (five outdoors and three indoors).
She came to prominence by winning medals in the sprints at the 1963 Summer Universiade and the 1966 European Athletics Championships. Her greatest successes came with the Soviet relay team: in 1968 she helped set two world records in the 4×100 m relay and won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Her international career ended on a high note with two gold medals in the 400 metres and relay at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She was also a three-time medallist at the European Cup.
Born in Chelyabinsk, Popkova trained at Burevestnik in her home town. Whilst studying, she won the silver medal over 100 m at the 1963 Summer Universiade in Brazil. She earned the title Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class in 1965 and Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in 1971. She graduated from Chelyabinsk Politechnical Institute.
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