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Anna Mikhaylovna Knoroz (Russian: Анна Михайловна Кнороз; née Chuprina; born 30 July 1970) is a retired Russian hurdler who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1994 European Championships, and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships (ran in heats only). She also competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

As a junior, she won the silver medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships.^[1] In her early senior career she had modest success in hurdling in global events. She competed at the 1991 World Championships, the 1993 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final.^[2]^[3] She nonetheless won two major medals in her career. First, she ran in the heats on the Soviet team that eventually won the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships.^[4] She also won the 400 metres hurdles bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships.^[5]

In somewhat lesser events, she won the bronze medal at the 1991 Summer Universiade,^[6] bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games,^[7] took the third place at the 1994 IAAF World Cup,^[8] and finished sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup^[2] and seventh at the 1998 European Championships.^[9] She became Soviet champion in 1991^[10] and Russian champion in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1998.^[11]

Her personal best time of 54.11 seconds, was achieved in July 1994 in Nice.^[2]

International competitions

All results regarding 400 metres hurdles

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	2nd	56.70
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	3rd	56.74
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	13th (sf)	55.81
Representing Russia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12th (sf)	55.12
1994	Goodwill Games	Saint Petersburg, Russia	3rd	54.67
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	54.68
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	3rd	56.63
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	19th (h)	56.21
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th (sf)	55.28
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	55.47
1998	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	56.09
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

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^ ^a ^b ^c Anna Chuprina-Knoroz at World Athletics
^ "Anna Knoroz". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "Women 4x400m Relay World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "European Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "World University Games (Universiade - Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "Goodwill Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "IAAF World Cup in Athletics". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "Women 400m Hurdles European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "Soviet Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "Russian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2014.