Tamara Press , (born May 10, 1937, Kharkov, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]), Soviet athlete who received three track-and-field Olympic gold medals and set 12 world data.
Press received her first gold medal on the 1960 Olympics in Rome, setting an Olympic report with a shot put of 17.32 metres (56 toes 10 inches). She received the silver medal within the discus (52.59 metres [172 feet 6.5 inches]), and, every week after the Olympics, she set a world report within the occasion (57.15 metres [187 feet 6 inches]). Her sister Irina additionally competed on the 1960 Olympics and received a gold medal within the 80-metre hurdles; they grew to become the primary sisters to win gold medals on the identical Olympics.
At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Press set a pair of Olympic data, profitable the gold medal in each the discus (57.27 metres [187 feet 10.75 inches]) and the shot put (18.14 metres [59 feet 6.25 inches]).
By the time the International Amateur Athletic Federation (later known as the International Association of Athletics Federations) instituted a sex-testing coverage in 1966, Tamara and Irina had lengthy confronted rumours that they had been truly males or that they had been taking male hormones. Both sisters subsequently pulled out of the upcoming European championships, and Tamara formally introduced her retirement in 1967.