# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vera-krepkina
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:31:06.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vera-krepkina"
name: "Vera Krepkina"
slug: "vera-krepkina"
description: "Vera Samuilovna Krepkina, née Kalashnikova, was a Soviet-Ukrainian track and field athlete. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics. At all these Olympics she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m sprint. In 1960, she also took part in the long jump and won a surprise gold medal with an Olympic record of 6.37 m, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vera_Krepkina_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1933-04-16"
deathDate: "2023-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.190476190476189
  historical:           20.54330533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wira Krepkina"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump