# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tatyana-shchelkanova
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:12:10.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tatyana-shchelkanova"
name: "Tatyana Shchelkanova"
slug: "tatyana-shchelkanova"
description: "Tatyana Shchelkanova was a Soviet long jumper, sprinter and pentathlete who won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1964 Olympics. In 1961 she set a world record at 6.48 m and extended it to 6.53 m in 1962 to and 6.70 m in 1964. However, in the Olympic final she only managed 6.42 m, while the winner Mary Rand broke the world record at 6.76 m. Shchelkanova won two European titles in the long jump, in 1962 and 1966 (indoor)."
tagline: "Soviet track and field athlete (1937–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tatyana_Shchelkanova_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-04-18"
deathDate: "2011-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.53819333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Sjtjelkanova"
    title: "Tatiana Sjtjelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "تاتيانا شخيلكانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاتيانا شخيلكانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C5%A5%C3%A1na_%C5%A0%C4%8Delkanovov%C3%A1"
    title: "Taťána Ščelkanovová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatjana_Sergejewna_Schtschelkanowa"
    title: "Tatjana Sergejewna Schtschelkanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Shchelkanova"
    title: "Tatyana Shchelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Schelk%C3%A1nova"
    title: "Tatiana Schelkánova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "تاتیانا شلاکانوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tatjana Štšelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Shchelkanova"
    title: "Tatyana Shchelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tat'jana_%C5%A0%C4%8Delkanova"
    title: "Tat'jana Ščelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%ED%8B%B0%EC%95%BC%EB%82%98_%EC%85%B8%EC%B9%B4%EB%85%B8%EB%B0%94"
    title: "타티야나 셸카노바"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatjana_Sjtsjelkanova"
    title: "Tatjana Sjtsjelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatjana_Szcze%C5%82kanowa"
    title: "Tatjana Szczełkanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Щелканова, Татьяна Сергеевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tatjana Ščelkanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump