Valentina Vasilyevna Sidorova

Valentina Sidorova medal table
fencing
Soviet Union
Olympic games
gold	Montreal 1976	Foil team
silver	Moscow 1980	Foil team
World championships
silver	Gothenburg 1973	Foil team
gold	Grenoble 1974	Foil team
gold	Budapest 1975	Foil team
gold	Buenos Aires 1977	foil
gold	Buenos Aires 1977	Foil team
gold	Hamburg 1978	foil
gold	Hamburg 1978	Foil team
silver	Melbourne 1979	foil
gold	Melbourne 1979	Foil team
gold	Clermont-Ferrand 1981	Foil team
bronze	Barcelona 1985	Foil team
gold	Sofia 1986	Foil team

Walentina Wassiljewna Sidorowa ( Russian Валентина Васильевна Сидорова ; born May 4, 1954 in Moscow , Russian SFSR as Valentina Wassiljewna Burotschkina ) is a former Soviet foil fencer .

successes

Valentina Sidorova was world champion twice in individual and seven times in team competition . In 1977 in Buenos Aires and 1978 in Hamburg she won her singles titles, as well as 1974 in Grenoble , 1975 in Budapest , 1977 in Buenos Aires, 1978 in Hamburg, 1979 in Melbourne , 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand and 1985 in Sofia with the team. She took part in the Olympic Games twice with the Soviet delegation : in 1976 in Montreal , together with Olga Knjasewa , Walentina Nikonowa , Jelena Novikowa and Nailja Giljasowa, she reached the unbeaten final, in which France was also defeated 9-2, and thus became Olympic champion . She finished the individual in seventh place. At the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 , Sidorova finished 13th in the individual, while she again entered the battle for the gold medal with the Soviet team. This time they were defeated by France 6: 9, so that Sidorova received the silver medal.

Web links

• Valentina Sidorowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )