Vilma Bardauskienė

Who is Vilma Bardauskienė?

Vilhelmina "Vilma" Bardauskienė is a former long jumper from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She twice set the women's world record in the long jump, and won the European title in 1978. She was born in Pakruojis.

Bardauskienė was the first female athlete to break the 7m barrier in long jump. Eleven days later she broke her own record by two centimetres at the European Championships in Prague.