Mariya Pinigina

{{short description|Soviet sprinter (born 1958)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mariya Pinigina | image = Mariya Pinigina, November 2019.jpg | image_size = | caption = Mariya Pinigina in 2019 | birth_name = Mariya Kulchunova | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 February 1958}} | birth_place = Ivanovka, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1988 Seoul | 4×400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 1987 Rome | 4×400 m}} {{MedalBronze | 1983 Helsinki | 400 m}} {{MedalBronze | 1983 Helsinki | 4×400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Prague|4×400 m}} }}

'''Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina''' ({{lang|ru|Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина}}, née '''Kulchunova'''; born 9 February 1958 in Ivanovka, Kyrgyz SSR) is a former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kyiv. She represented the Soviet Union.

Pinigina competed for USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates 400 m hurdles silver medalist Tatyana Ledovskaya, 400 m bronze medalist Olga Nazarova and olympic 400 m champion Olga Bryzgina. That USSR relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten.<ref>{{cite web |title= Athletics – World Record progression |work= International Olympic Committee |url= http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_139.pdf&id=139 |access-date= 12 September 2006}}</ref>

She also won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

In November 2013, she served as one of the torch bearers in Yakutsk for the 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.olympic.org/news/sochi-2014-torch-relay-braves-record-low-temperatures/217099 |title= Sochi 2014 Torch Relay braves record low temperatures |publisher= Olympic.org |date= 11 November 2013 |quote= Torchbearers in Yakutsk included ... Seoul 1988 athletics gold medallist Maria Pinigina}}</ref>

Mariya Pinigina is married to Olympic wrestling champion Pavel Pinigin{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}.

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==External links== * {{Sports-Reference|pi/mariya-pinigina-1}} * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com profile|mariya-pinigina}}

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