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Raisa Smekhnova
Soviet long-distance runner
Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova (Belarusian: Раіса Кацюкова-Сьмехава; born September 16, 1950 in Kaltan, Kemerovo) 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 *le in the women's marathon in 1985.
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- Raisa Smekhnova at World Athletics
- sports-reference