Tatyana Prorochenko

Tatyana Prorochenko (Russian: Татьяна Пророченко, Ukrainian: Тетяна Пророченко) (March 15, 1952 in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union – March 11, 2020[1]) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Olympic medal record
Women’s Track and Field
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 4 x 400 metres
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4 x 100 metres

Prorochenko trained at VSS Kolos in Zaporizhia. She competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won a bronze medal with her teammates Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova and Nadezhda Besfamilnaya.[1]

She returned to the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, this time moving up to the 4 x 400 metres, where she won the gold medal with her teammates Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova and Irina Nazarova.[1]

After finishing her career Prorochenko worked for the Ukrainian Athletic Federation and in the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.[1] Prorochenko died from cancer on 11 March 2020.[1] She was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, her family organised a public appeal for money in 2019 to pay for her treatment.[2]

References
  1. "The legendary Olympic champion Tatiana Prorochenko has passed". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2020-03-11.
  2. "Severely ill Olympic champion in athletics needs help". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-11-14.


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