Marina Stepanova

Marina Stepanova
Personal information
Nationality Soviet Union
Born (1950-05-01) 1 May 1950
Meglevo, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Sport
CountryUSSR
SportTrack and field
Event400 m hurdles
Retired1987
Medal record
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart400 m hurdles

Marina Ivanovna Stepanova (née Makeyeva (Russian: Марина Ивановна Степанова-Макеева) born 1 May 1950) is a Russian former athlete who competed for the Soviet Union in the 400 metres hurdles, and became the first woman to run under 53 seconds for the event, when she ran 52.94 secs in 1986.