# Anna Andreyeva
**Anna Andreyeva** (Анна Семёновна Андреева, Anna Semyonovna Andreyeva; 23 June 1915 – 1997) was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. She won the shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships in Brussels and on 9 November 1950 became the first woman to put the shot beyond 15 meters, a ratified world record of 15.02 m.[1](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf) • [2](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Country | Soviet Union (URS)[3](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14599946) |
| World record | 15.02 m shot put, Ploiești, Romania, 9 November 1950, at a ROM-URS international match[1](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf) • [4](https://athleticslab.io/shot-put-women-world-record-progression/) |
| First over 15 m | She was the first woman to exceed 15 meters in the shot put[2](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/) |
| European title | 1950 European Championships, Brussels: shot put gold with 14.32 m, a championship record[5](https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6995945) |
| National titles | Four-time Soviet champion (1938, 1948, 1949, 1950)[6](https://monoreel.ru/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0) |
| Discus best | 36.26 m, Stade du Heysel, Brussels, 25 August 1950[3](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14599946) |
## Career
Andreyeva competed during the period when Soviet women's throwing talent was strong but the USSR was not yet part of the Olympic movement; the Soviet Olympic debut was postponed to 1952.[2](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/) She won the Soviet championship four times, in 1938 and from 1948 through 1950. Her winning mark of 14.44 m in 1948 would have been enough for the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics, where Micheline Ostermeyer of France won with 13.75 m.[6](https://monoreel.ru/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
**1950 European Championships.** At the fourth European Athletics Championships, held 23 to 27 August 1950 at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Andreyeva won the women's shot put with 14.32 m, a championship record, ahead of her Soviet teammate [Klavdiya Tochonova](https://www.edgepedia.org/klavdiya-tochonova) (13.92 m) and [Micheline Ostermeyer](https://www.edgepedia.org/micheline-ostermeyer) (13.37 m); [Galina Zybina](https://www.edgepedia.org/galina-zybina) placed fourth.[5](https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6995945) • [7](https://dosen.profillengkap.com/index.php/en/1950_European_Athletics_Championships) In the discus throw at the same championships she placed tenth with 36.26 m, her personal best, in a final won by Nina Dumbadze with 48.03 m.[3](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14599946) • [8](https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6995945?eventId=10229531)
## World record
On 9 November 1950, at a Romania-Soviet Union international match in Ploiești, Andreyeva put the shot 15.02 m, a ratified women's world record that succeeded Tochonova's 14.86 m set at Tbilisi on 30 October 1949.[1](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf) • [4](https://athleticslab.io/shot-put-women-world-record-progression/) The mark made her the first woman beyond 15 meters in the event.[2](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/) It stood until 26 July 1952, when Galina Zybina threw 15.28 m at the Helsinki Olympic Games, beginning a run of Soviet records that took the event to 16.28 m by 1954.[4](https://athleticslab.io/shot-put-women-world-record-progression/)
## Context in Soviet throwing
Andreyeva's record sits in the early phase of Soviet dominance in women's throwing. The progression from [Tatyana Sevryukova](https://www.edgepedia.org/tatyana-sevryukova) (14.59 m in 1948) through Tochonova (14.86 m in 1949) to Andreyeva (15.02 m in 1950) was followed by Zybina's series of records from 1952, and later by [Tamara Press](https://www.edgepedia.org/tamara-press) and [Nadezhda Chizhova](https://www.edgepedia.org/nadezhda-chizhova).[1](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf) • [2](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/) A 1963 Athletics Weekly all-time ranking list placed her shot put mark of 15.02 m at the top of the women's shot put performances, and she appeared in the world shot put list with 48 ft 7⅞ in.[9](https://athleticsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2025/06/July-6-1963-Vol-17-No-27.pdf) • [10](https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/CTRN/ATHWORLD/Athletics%20World%20Vol.%201%20%23%2013%20March%201953.pdf)
## Other athletes of the same name
The name is shared by several athletes. A Russian Anna Andreyeva born 2009 competes in the triple jump, long jump, and 60 meters, with a triple jump best of 13.04 m.[11](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/anna-andreyeva-15191088) Other Soviet and Russian athletes named Andreyeva appear in Olympic records in other sports, including the swimmer Viktoriya Andreyeva (Russia, 2012–2016) and the alpine skier Nadezhda Andreyeva-Patrikeyeva (1980–1984).[12](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/event_name/593) • [13](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/event_name/36)
## References
1. [Moscow 2013, World Record Progressions, Women, IAAF statistics book](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf)
2. [Atletica, le specialita: i lanci, Enciclopedia dello Sport, Treccani](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/atletica-le-specialita-i-lanci_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/)
3. [Anna ANDREYEVA, Profile, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14599946)
4. [Shot Put women World Record Progression, AthleticsLab](https://athleticslab.io/shot-put-women-world-record-progression/)
5. [Bruxelles European Championships, Results, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6995945)
6. [Андреева, Анна Семёновна, Энциклопедия](https://monoreel.ru/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
7. [1950 European Athletics Championships, medal table](https://dosen.profillengkap.com/index.php/en/1950_European_Athletics_Championships)
8. [Bruxelles European Championships, Women's Discus Throw, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6995945?eventId=10229531)
9. [Athletics World / Athletics Weekly, July 6, 1963, Vol. 17 No. 27](https://athleticsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2025/06/July-6-1963-Vol-17-No-27.pdf)
10. [Athletics World, March 1953, Vol. 1 No. 13](https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/CTRN/ATHWORLD/Athletics%20World%20Vol.%201%20%23%2013%20March%201953.pdf)
11. [Anna ANDREYEVA (born 2009), Profile, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/anna-andreyeva-15191088)
12. [Olympedia, Athlete Search Results, Swimming](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/event_name/593)
13. [Olympedia, Athlete Search Results, Alpine Skiing](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/event_name/36)
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