Please answer the following question: Facts:     - medaltemplates: women 's athletics    - birth place: leningrad , soviet union    - birth date: 11 june 1953   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vera komisova .
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vera yakovlevna komisova , née nikitina -lrb- , born 11 june 1953 -rrb- is a retired hurdler .her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the olympic gold medal .