Marina Sysoyeva

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Marina Sysoyeva (born 3 June 1959) is a retired high jumper from Frunze, Kirghiz SSR who represented the USSR.

Her greatest achievement was the fifth place at the 1980 Summer Olympics, jumping 1.91 metres. [1] Two weeks before the competition, she had achieved a career best result of 1.93 metres.

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