Irina Ivanovna Kirichenko

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Irina Ivanovna Kirichenko Road cycling
Irina Kirichenko (1967)
Irina Kirichenko (1967)
To person
Date of birth June 13, 1937
date of death March 11, 2020
nation Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
discipline Train (short term)
End of career 1969
Last updated: April 17, 2018

Irina Ivanovna Kiritschenko ( Russian Ирина Ивановна Кириченко , married: Васильева, Wassiljewa ; born  June 13, 1937 in Voroshilovgrad ; † March 11, 2020 ) was a Soviet track cyclist and two-time world champion.

Athletic career

Irina Kiritschenko belonged to the guards of Soviet female cyclists who ruled track cycling in the 1960s . Twice - in 1964 and 1966 - she was world champion in the sprint . Four times she took second place in this discipline at world championships and once third. It was last internationally successful in 1969. She has been the Soviet champion in the sprint and 500-meter time trial nine times .

In 1969 she married Igor Tschislow, with whom she has a daughter (* 1971). From 1973 Kirichenko worked as a trainer.

successes

1962
1963
1964
1966
1967
1968
1969

Web links

Commons : Irina Ivanovna Kirichenko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at dinamo.kharkiv.ua.Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Подвиги Ирины Кириченко , overtime.kharkov.ua , June 2007 (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Kirichenko, Irina Ivanovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Кириченко, Ирина Ивановна (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Voroshilovgrad , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2020