Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union and competed in the high jump. She is the 1983 World Champion, the 1987 World Championship silver medallist, the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist, and is a former world record holder, with clearances of 2.03 and 2.04 metres in 1983 and 2.05 metres in 1984. She also won silver medals at the 1982 European Championships, the 1989 and 1991 World Indoor Championships, and three times at the World Cup. Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) set the women's high jump world record of 2.05 m in Kiev on June 22, 1984. It stood 28 days, until Lyudmila Andonova's 2.07 m on July 20, 1984. Wiki link