Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records.

After graduating from a local medical school, in 1963 she moved to Saint Petersburg, to train with Viktor Alekseyev, a leading Soviet coach who raised top Soviet shot putters such as Tamara Press, Galina Zybina and Tamara Tyshkevich.

[2] By 1968 Chizhova was the world record holder and an Olympic gold medal favorite, but she finished third due to a knee injury sustained while training.

One of her trainees, Larisa Peleshenko, won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2000 Olympics.

[2] Her latest record stood until 21 September 1974 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to 21.57 m (70.8 ft).