[1][2] Bagryantseva was born in a Siberian salt-mining town and first trained in cross-country skiing.

She then moved to Moscow to continue her sports studies at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, and the same year won silver medals at the national championships and at the World Student Games.

She won two more silver medals, at the 1951 World Student Games and 1952 Olympics.

[1] Bagryantseva married the pole vaulter Yury Verkhoshansky, during a break between morning and evening sessions of the national championships.

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