Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov, she was a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979, the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.
Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina is a retired Soviet and Russian middle distance runner. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976. In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record of 4:06.9, at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1 (4:06.47), the semi-finals (4:05.07}, and the final, of the 1972 Olympics. The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three world records in the 3000 m: 8:53.0 in 1972, 8:52.74 in 1974 and 8:27.12 in 1976. At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors, and in the 800 m and 1,500 m indoors.
Lyudmila Ivanovna Gurevitch is a retired Russian-Ukrainian athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. On 3 July 1960, she set a world record in this event at 2 min 4.3 seconds. She equaled this time while winning the 800 m gold at the 1960 Olympics two months later. Two Australians, Brenda Jones and Dixie Willis led the race. With 50–70 m left, Willis stepped on the curb and dropped out of competition, while Shevtsova gradually reached Jones and won in the last meters.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports.
Mark Petrovich Midler was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two gold medals.
Ildikó Rejtő is a retired Hungarian two-time Olympic and five-time World Champion foil fencer.
Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.
Irene Camber-Corno was an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.
Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova was a Ukrainian who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.
Ilgar Yasharovich Mammadov is a Soviet and Russian of Azerbaijani origin who serves as President of the Russian Fencing Federation, and a former fencer. He is a two-time Olympic and one time world champion in team foil.
Valentina Aleksandrovna Prudskova was a Soviet fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Gureyeva was a Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Olga Nikolaevna Knyazeva was a Soviet foil fencer. She won a team gold medal at the 1976 Olympics and placed ninth individually. She also won four gold and two silver medals at the world championships between 1973 and 1978.
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Rogozhina-Muravyova is a Ukrainian and Soviet former basketball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Porubayko is a Soviet swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and finished seventh in the latter event. Between 1969 and 1973 she won two national titles, and in 2011, she won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the European masters championships.
Lyudmila Borisovna Yegorova was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, except for uneven bars. She won a team all-around gold medal and a bronze medal in the now-defunct team portable apparatus exercise.
Lyudmila Pavlovna Gromova is a retired artistic gymnast from Russia. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal in the team allround competition. Individually her best result was 16th place in the floor exercise.
Lyudmila Leonidova Arzhannikova is an Olympic archer. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics IV individuel and IV with team, for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1/8 finale.
