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'''Tamara Natanovna Press''' ({{lang-ru|Тамара Натановна Пресс}}) ([[May 10]], [[1937]] in [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]]) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[shot put|shot putter]] and [[discus throw|discus thrower]] in the 1960s. She competed for [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] Trud. Together with her younger sister [[Irina Press]], who was also a [[track |
'''Tamara Natanovna Press''' ({{lang-ru|Тамара Натановна Пресс}}) ([[May 10]], [[1937]] in [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]]) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[shot put|shot putter]] and [[discus throw|discus thrower]] in the 1960s. She competed for [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] Trud. Together with her younger sister [[Irina Press]], who was also a [[track]] athlete, she was half of the "Press Sisters", a duo who won almost everything that there was to win in track and field, except for distance running. |
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At the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]] Tamara won the gold medal in the |
At the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]] Tamara won the gold medal in the shot put and the silver medal in the discus. At the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]] she won the gold medal in both events. In the shot put and in the discus throw she set six world records. |
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Tamara was also successful in the European championships. In 1958 in [[Stockholm]] she was third in the shot put, and in 1962 in [[Belgrade]] she was the European champion in the shot put as well as the discus. |
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==Questions regarding gender== |
==Questions regarding gender== |
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It was said of both sisters that their [[gender]] could not be determined. |
It was said of both sisters that their [[gender]] could not be determined. Some even thought that they might be [[hermaphrodite]]s - still another opinion was that they were being injected with male hormones in order to make them stronger. Detractors called them the "Press Brothers". After [[Gender verification in sports|gender verification]] for all international sporting female events was made mandatory in 1968 (curtailed in Sydney in 2000), both "women" vanished from the sporting scene. The Western press took that as a confession by the Soviet Union. Russian newspapers deny the allegations to this day. |
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==Her place in history== |
==Her place in history== |
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The Press sisters came to symbolize the time in Soviet Union after the death of [[Joseph |
The Press sisters came to symbolize the paranoid time in Soviet Union after the death of [[Joseph Stalin]], abolished by the policies of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Tamara and Irina were popular "female" Soviet sports stars. Their biographies were typical of the time: their father had died in the Great Patriotic War, and they grew up far from their home areas - since the German troops had occupied and destroyed them. Later on, they studied at the [[Leningrad University|University of Leningrad]]. |
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==After sport== |
==After sport== |
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After the Soviet sports federations withdrew their candidacies in 1966, both of the Press "sisters" began other careers. Irina went into the border protection forces of the [[KGB]] and became an officer. Tamara became a civil engineer, and she wrote numerous books about her field - as well as about sport. Today, both of them hold honorary offices in Russian sports. |
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There seems to be no record of marriages or children for either one. |
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Tamara Natanovna Press (Template:Lang-ru) (May 10, 1937 in Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a former Soviet shot putter and discus thrower in the 1960s. She competed for VSS Trud. Together with her younger sister Irina Press, who was also a track athlete, she was half of the "Press Sisters", a duo who won almost everything that there was to win in track and field, except for distance running.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Tamara won the gold medal in the shot put and the silver medal in the discus. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won the gold medal in both events. In the shot put and in the discus throw she set six world records.
Tamara was also successful in the European championships. In 1958 in Stockholm she was third in the shot put, and in 1962 in Belgrade she was the European champion in the shot put as well as the discus.
Questions regarding gender
It was said of both sisters that their gender could not be determined. Some even thought that they might be hermaphrodites - still another opinion was that they were being injected with male hormones in order to make them stronger. Detractors called them the "Press Brothers". After gender verification for all international sporting female events was made mandatory in 1968 (curtailed in Sydney in 2000), both "women" vanished from the sporting scene. The Western press took that as a confession by the Soviet Union. Russian newspapers deny the allegations to this day.
Her place in history
The Press sisters came to symbolize the paranoid time in Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin, abolished by the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev. Tamara and Irina were popular "female" Soviet sports stars. Their biographies were typical of the time: their father had died in the Great Patriotic War, and they grew up far from their home areas - since the German troops had occupied and destroyed them. Later on, they studied at the University of Leningrad.
After sport
After the Soviet sports federations withdrew their candidacies in 1966, both of the Press "sisters" began other careers. Irina went into the border protection forces of the KGB and became an officer. Tamara became a civil engineer, and she wrote numerous books about her field - as well as about sport. Today, both of them hold honorary offices in Russian sports.
There seems to be no record of marriages or children for either one.
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