List of Famous people with last name Chizhova

Yelena Chizhova

Елена Семёновна Чижова

First Name Yelena

Born on May 4, 1957 (age 69)

Born in Russia

Elena Semenovna Chizhova is a Russian writer, whose work is characterized by its reexamination of Russian history and society. She is best known for her 2009 novel Vremia zhenshchin, which won that year's Russian Booker Prize. Vremia zhenshchin was translated into English in 2012 as The Time of Women.

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Nadezhda Chizhova

First Name Nadezhda

Born on September 29, 1945 (age 81)

Born in Russia, Irkutsk Oblast

Height 174 cm | 5'9

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the 20 m (66 ft) and 21 m (69 ft) barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.

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