Irina Anatolyevna Privalova (Russian: Ирина Анатольевна Привалова; née Sergeyeva on 22 November 1968) is a Russian athlete who has won a gold medal at the Olympics.
She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and anchoring the 4x100 team, plus fourth place in the 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. With three European individual championships and three individual world medals, Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an outdoor world championship gold medal. In 2000, she gambled successfully and switched to the 400 m hurdles discipline winning the Olympic title in Sydney 2000 in 53.02 s and a bronze in the 4 x 400 m relay team for Russia.
Irina Privalova is currently the world indoor record holder in the 50 m (5.96 s), 60 m (6.92 s) sprints. She has also been the world indoor champion at the 60 m (7.02 s in 1991), 200 m (22.15 s in 1993), and 400 m (50.23 s in 1995) events.
Privalova achieved her best time (10.77 s) in the 100 m for nine years in 1994.
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Date: 22 November 1968
By TERENCE SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
Prince Norodom Sihanouk announces Western newsmen will be admitted only once every 5 yrs; announcement is example of his unpredictable policy toward Western press; many observers doubt he will adhere to new policy; Agence France-Press is only Western news organ regularly represented in Cambodia
Date: 23 November 1968
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
Date: 22 November 1968
CBS pres Stanton lists as 1 warning sign of threat to press freedom suggestion that right-of-reply regulations for broadcasting be applied to newspapers, s to Sigma Delta Chi conv
Date: 22 November 1968
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
Date: 22 November 1968
By ALFRED FRIENDLY Jr.Special to The New York Times
Alfred FRIENDLY
USSR Amb to Nigeria gave 1/2-hr TV s to Nigeria to mark Bolshevik Revolution anniv
Date: 22 November 1968
By TAD SZULCSpecial to The New York Times
Illinois U group plays at internatl jazz festival, Prague; allowed entry because visit was part of official cultural exch
Date: 23 November 1968
By TAD SZULC
Tad SZULC
9 intellectual, artistic and scientific orgns score curbs
Date: 22 November 1968
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
Columbia U Urban-Minority Affairs Center sets new programs in minority affairs through use of Ford Foundation credit fund; details
Date: 23 November 1968
Date: 22 November 1968
Special to The New York Times
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