Nunu Abashydze
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
| Representing Soviet Union | ||
| European Championships | ||
| 1982 Athens | Shot put | |
Nunu Dzhansuhivna Abashydze Mislayeva (Ukrainian: Нуну Джансугівна Абашидзе; born 27 March 1955 in Novovolynsk) is a retired track and field shot putter from Ukraine, best known for winning the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the women's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships. She set her personal best (21.53 m) on 20 June 1984 at a meet in Kiev. In 1979 she was granted the title of Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class.[1]
Biography
Abashydze was born on 27 March 1955 in the city of Novovolynsk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[1] She started competing in athletics in 1967 under coach V. Grin, and in 1973 she began to compete for the club Dynamo under coach Y. Domovsky in Odesa.[1][2] In 1978, she joined the national team of the USSR in shotput.[2][3]
In 1981, she was briefly suspended after failing a doping test by World Athletics.[4] A year later while suspended she graduated from the Odesa National Medical University.[1] In 1986, she moved to Canada, and later became a Canadian citizen.[5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Soviet Union | ||||
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th | |
| 1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | |
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 20.55 m |
| 1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 3rd | |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 6th | |
References
- ^ a b c d Іванишкіна, М. О. (12 December 2001). "Абашидзе Нуну Джансугівна". Енциклопедія Сучасної України (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ a b Балахничев, В. (16 October 2017). Легкая атлетика. Энциклопедия. Том 1: А–Н (in Russian). ЛитРес. p. 7. ISBN 978-5-04-087031-8. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 180. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ "Doping Control Policy and Practice in Track and Field before September 1988" (PDF). publications.gc.ca. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ Nunu Abashydze at World Athletics