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Lyudmila Shishova

Lyudmila Shishova

Soviet fencer

Lyudmila Shishova (Russian: Людмила Николаевна Шишова; 1 June 1940 – 21 February 2004) was a Soviet fencer and fencing coach. She won gold in the team foil at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

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Shishova tried several sports before coming to a fencing school in 1954. From 1960 to 1964 she was a member of the Soviet foil team. In 1969 she received a degree in gynecology from the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy,[3] and after retiring from competitions worked both as a gynecologist and a fencing coach. Her husband, Vitaly Zinkov, and daughter Elvira Zinkova, both competed at the national level in fencing.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Olympics Statistics: Lyudmila Shishova". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Lyudmila Shishova Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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    Шишова Людмила Николаевна Archived 22 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. mfsospartak.ru
  4. [4]
    Natalia Tselischeva (26 January 2010) МАМА нижегородского фехтования. 5sport.ru
Soviet foil team at the 1960 Olympics, Shishova is 2nd or 3rd from right
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