Valentina Xenofontovna Rastvorova
Valentina Rastvorova medal table |
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Rastworowa, Gorochowa , Petrenko-Samusenko , Sabelina , Schischowa and Prudskowa (1960) |
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Soviet Union | ||
Olympic games | ||
silver | Rome 1960 | foil |
gold | Rome 1960 | Foil team |
silver | Tokyo 1964 | Foil team |
World championships | ||
gold | London 1956 | Foil team |
gold | Philadelphia 1958 | foil |
gold | Philadelphia 1958 | Foil team |
bronze | Turin 1961 | foil |
gold | Turin 1961 | Foil team |
silver | Buenos Aires 1962 | Foil team |
gold | Paris 1965 | Foil team |
silver | Montreal 1967 | Foil team |
Valentina Xenofontowna Rastworowa ( Russian Валентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова ; born July 17, 1933 in Odessa , Ukrainian SSR ; † August 24, 2018 in Moscow ) was a Soviet foil fencer .
Life
Valentina Rastvorova became five times world champion : in 1958 she won the title in Philadelphia in the individual, and in 1956 , 1958, 1961 and 1965 with the team. In addition, she won two silver medals with the team and a bronze medal in the individual. Rastvorova took part in three Olympic Games . 1956 in Melbourne she was eliminated in the preliminary round of the individual competition. In 1960 in Rome she became unbeaten Olympic champion together with Galina Gorochowa , Tazzjana Pjatrenka-Samussenka , Walentina Prudskowa , Lyudmila Schischowa and Alexandra Sabelina . In the final they defeated Hungary 9-3. In the individual, she also reached the final round, which she finished behind Heidi Schmid in silver. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , she reached the final against Hungary again in the team competition with Galina Gorochowa, Valentina Prudskowa, Tazzjana Pjatrenka-Samussenka and Lyudmila Schischowa, which this time went 9: 7 to the opposing team. In the individual she was ninth.
After her active career, she worked as a fencing trainer in Moscow. She was married to Boris Grischin , an Olympic water polo player. Their son Yevgeny Grischin became Olympic champion in water polo, daughter Jelena Grischina competed in two Olympic fencing competitions.
Web links
- Valentina Rastvorova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rastvorova, Valentina Xenofontovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rastvorova, Valentina (English transcription); Растворова, Валентина Ксенофонтовна (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet foil fencer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union |
DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 2018 |
Place of death | Moscow , Russia |