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| Full name | Tamara Novikova | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1932-06-06)6 June 1932 Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1955 Female world record for 1 hour, 38.473 km | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tamara Novikova (born June 6, 1932 at Irkutsk, USSR) is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.
Biography
Career
Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km, breaking the mark of Italian Alfonsina Strada that had stood for 26 years.
Novikova took the silver medal in the first UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race at Reims, France in 1958. She finished behind Elsy Jacobs of Luxembourg.
On the 'Cycling Rankings 1958 - 2006' she was ranked 45th.
References
- ^ The Cycling Website - Results for Tamara Navikova Archived 2012-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Bicycles USA - World 1 hour record
- Torrelli Cycles - Article about Alfonsina Strada at the 1924 Giro d'Italia Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Women's Cycle Rankings
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