Jelena Vladimirovna Petushkova

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Jelena Wladimirowna Petuschkowa ( Russian Елена Владимировна Петушкова ; born November 17, 1940 in Moscow ; † January 8, 2007 there ) was a Russian dressage rider , sports official and biochemist . In 1970 she became the dressage world champion in the individual and team competitions and two years later she was Olympic champion with the Soviet dressage team.

Life

Jelena Vladimirovna Petushkova medal table

Dressage rider

Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Summer Games
gold 1972 Team
silver 1968 Team
silver 1972 singles
World championships
gold 1970 Team
gold 1968 singles
Petushkova grave sculpture in Troyekurovo cemetery in Moscow

Jelena Petuschkowa was a member of the Soviet dressage team from 1964 to 1987 . During this time she won the silver medal in the team competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City . Four years later, at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , she became an Olympic champion in the team competition with the Soviet team. In these games she also took second place in the individual competition.

In 1970 she won the gold medal at the World Championships in Aachen, both individually and with the team. At the European Championships in 1973 she won a silver medal in the individual and in 1971, 1973 and 1979 the silver medal and in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1985 the bronze medal with the team. She was also a thirteen-time Soviet dressage champion. Her Trakehner stallion Pepel , whom she rode from 1964 to 1977 and with whom she achieved almost all of her great sporting successes, was considered an exceptional horse in the 1970s and still has legendary status in Russian equestrian sport.

After the end of her active career, Jelena Petuschkowa took on high-ranking positions in various sports organizations. From 1983 to 1991 she was Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union, from 1996 to 1999 President of the Russian Equestrian Federation and from 1997 national trainer of the Russian dressage team, as well as from 1995 to 2004 chairwoman of country group III (former Soviet Union and Near East) of the International Equestrian Association (Fédération Équestre Internationale, FEI).

In addition to her athletic career, Petuschkowa could also look back on a successful career as a scientist. After graduating from secondary school with honors (gold medal) in 1957, she attended the biological faculty of Moscow State University . There she graduated in 1963, again with honors, and went to the Scientific Research Institute for Pharmacy and Medicine. From 1966 to 1976 she was a junior researcher and from 1976 to 1991 a senior researcher at the Department of Biochemistry of the Biological Faculty of Moscow State University. In 1991, Petushkova became a senior researcher at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences , where she worked until 1997. She is the author of more than 60 scientific publications , both in the Soviet Union and internationally, and in 1982 wrote “An Introduction to the Kinetics of Enzymatic Reactions”.

Jelena Petuschkowa was the divorced wife of the 1964 Olympic champion Valeri Brumel in the high jump .

Honors

Petushkova was awarded the following medals:

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personal data
SURNAME Petushkowa, Jelena Vladimirovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Петушкова, Елена Владимировна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian dressage rider, sports official and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2007
Place of death Moscow