Klavdiya Tochonova

Klavdiya Tochonova

Tochonova at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born	16 November 1921 Kostonosovo, Tver, Russia
Died	30 May 2004 (aged 82)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shot put
Club	Medik Leningrad
Achievements and titles
Personal best	15.09 m (1952)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Shot put European Championships 1950 Brussels Shot put World Festival of Youth and Students 1949 Budapest Shot put 1951 Berlin Shot put

Klavdiya Aleksandrovna Tochonova (Russian: Клавдия Александровна Точёнова; 16 November 1921 – 30 May 2004) was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. She won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1950 European Championships. In October 1949 she set a world record of 14.86 m in Tbilisi. Tochonova won the shot put event at the 1949 and 1951 World Student Games and at the 1951 Soviet championships. After retiring from competitions she worked as an athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.