Elena Petrovna Antonova
Jelena Petrovna Antonowa ( Russian Елена Петровна Антонова ; born August 21, 1952 in Tashkent ) is a former Soviet rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1976.
Athletic career
The 1.80 m tall rower from Trud Moscow took fifth place in the single at the 1972 European Championships . At the European Championships in 1973 Jelena Antonowa joined Olga Klinischewa in a double scull and won the title. In 1974 the first ever women's rowing championships took place. Jelena Antonowa started at the 1974 World Championships with Galina Jermolajewa , the two of them won ahead of the two German rowers Astrid Hohl and Regine Adam . Also in 1975 Antonowa and Jermolajewa won the world championship, this time ahead of Sabine Jahn and Petra Boesler from the GDR.
At the Olympic premiere of women's rowing in Montreal in 1976 , Jelena Antonova started in one. In the first run, Bulgarian Rossitsa Spassowa won ahead of Jelena Antonowa, in the second run Christine Scheiblich from the GDR won ahead of US rower Joan Lind . Antonowa and Lind qualified as winners of their hope runs for the final. On the final day Scheiblich won just ahead of Joan Lind, four seconds behind Lind Antonowa won the bronze medal just ahead of Spassowa.
Web links
- Jelena Petrovna Antonowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- European rowing championships in double sculls
- Rowing World Championships in double sculls
Remarks
- ↑ The FISA database assigns this ranking and the 1975 world title to Jelena Lebedewa, who was born in 1978, which is obviously wrong.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antonova, Jelena Petrovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Антонова, Елена Петровна |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tashkent |