Mariya Pisareva

Olympic medal record
Women's Athletics
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne High jump

Mariya Pisareva (Russian: Мария Писарева; 19 April 1933 – 10 December 2023) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She trained at Zenit in Moscow.[1]

Pisareva competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the High Jump where she won the silver medal jointly with Thelma Hopkins.

After her athletic career, she married a discus thrower Oto Grigalka. Mariya Pisareva died on 10 December 2023, at the age of 90.[2]

References

  1. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 390.
  2. ^ Соболезнуем (in Russian)