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Feb 01, 1946 Yeletsky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia 78 years old
Russian cyclist
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About Tamara Garkushina
- Tamara Pavlovna Garkushina (Russian: ?????? ???????? ?????????; born 1 February 1946) is a retired Russian track cyclist who won six world titles in the 3 km individual pursuit, in 1967 and 1970–1974.
- She also won more than 30 national titles in the individual and team pursuit events in 1966–1976.Garkushina was born in a working-class family in a small village in Lipetsk Oblast.
- After moving to Tula, she graduated with a degree of house painter and decorator and practiced this profession first in Tula (1963–1964) and then in Irkutsk (1964–1965); in parallel, she trained in cycling.
- After retiring from competition, she worked as a post office clerk (1980–1982) and then as a cycling coach (1982–1985).
- From 1985 till retirement in 1993 she worked at machinery plants in Tula.
- In 2010, she became an honorary citizen of the city.
