Inna Kowalenko

Inna Kowalenko ( Russian Инна Коваленко , English transcription: Inna Kovalenko , after marriage: Инна Тихомирова Inna Tichomirowa ; born September 27, 1962 ) is a former Soviet table tennis player who became European doubles champion in 1982.

Career

Inna Kowalenko grew up in Dushanbe . In 1978 she was nominated for the European Youth Championships in Barcelona, ​​where she immediately won the title in singles and with the Soviet girls' team. In 1982 she became national Soviet champion in singles, doubles and mixed.

In the same year she took part in the European Championships in Budapest. Here she became European champion in doubles with Fliura Bulatowa . In 1984 , the double failed in the quarterfinals. At the 1983 World Cup she reached fourth place with the Soviet team.

In the ITTF world rankings , she was listed at number 30 in mid-1983. After 1984 it only appeared internationally in the senior sector. At their 14th World Championships in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro , she won the world title in the 40-49 age group .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
URS	European Championship	1984	Moscow	URS		Quarter finals
URS	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN		gold
URS	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1978	Barcelona	ESP	gold			1
URS	EURO TOP12	1984	Bratislava	TCH	11
URS	EURO TOP12	1983	Cleveland	CLOSELY	8th
URS	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 128	last 16	last 64	4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait (accessed January 24, 2019)
2. ↑ СТО ДРУЗЕЙ ВАЛЕНТИНА КОМАНОВА (Russian, viewed October 31, 2011)
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/14 page 42
4. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) ( Memento from October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 9, 2019)
5. ↑ Success for Russia at 14th World Veteran Championships ( Memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English, accessed April 9, 2019)
6. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed April 9, 2019)

Web links

• Photo from 1982 (accessed October 30, 2011)