Nina Umanez

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Nina Dmitrijewna Umanez ( Russian: Нина Дмитриевна Уманец ; born May 1, 1956 in Jurkivka , Vinnytsia Oblast ) is a former Soviet rower .

The 1.77 m tall Nina Umanez from Lokomotive Kiev won her first international medal at the 1977 World Championships when she finished second behind the GDR eight with the Soviet eight . At the 1978 World Championships , she rowed in the Soviet eight , which, after the boat from the GDR had won three victories, won the first title in this boat class for the Soviet Union. In the following year , the Soviet eight was able to defend the title. At the Olympic Games in Moscow, the Soviet eighth lost to the eighth from the GDR, who won the silver medal at the 1978 and 1979 World Championships. Umanez wonIn 1981 , 1982 and 1983 three more world titles before the US eighth.

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SURNAME Umanez, Nina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Уманець, Ніна Дмитрівна (Ukrainian); Umanez, Nina Dmitrijewna; Уманец, Нина Дмитриевна
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet rower
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Jurkivka , Vinnytsia Oblast