Valentina Rastvorova

Valentina Rastvorova
Valentina Rastvorova at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name Валентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова
Валентина Ксенофонтівна Растворова
Born (1933-07-17)17 July 1933
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died 24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 85)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Club Dynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Foil team
1960 Rome Foil individual
1964 Tokyo Foil team
World Fencing Championships
1956 LondonFoil team
1958 PhiladelphiaFoil individual
1958 PhiladelphiaFoil team
1961 TurinFoil team
1962 Buenos AiresFoil team
1965 ParisFoil team
1966 MoscowFoil team
1967 MontrealFoil team

Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova (17 July 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Soviet fencer who competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the individual and team foil events. She won a team gold and individual silver medals in 1960, and team silver medal in 1964.[1] She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–1967, mostly in the team foil.[2]

In 1956 Rastvorova graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. After retiring from competitions she worked as a fencing coach at her club Dynamo Moscow.[2]

She was married to Boris Grishin, an Olympic water polo player. Their son, Yevgeny Grishin, is an Olympic champion in water polo.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Valentina Rastvorova". sports-reference.com.
  2. 1 2 Растворова Валентина Ксенофонтовна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia


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