Irina Turova
Soviet sprinter
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Born | (1935-05-14)14 May 1935 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Died | 8 February 2012(2012-02-08) (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
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Country | Soviet Union |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Sprint, long jump |
Club | Dynamo Moscow |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.6 (1954) 200 m – 24.2 (1956) LJ – 6.00 m (1956)[1] |
Irina Robertovna Turova (later Bochkaryova and Mordovtseva, Russian: Ирина Робертовна Турова-Бочкарёва; 14 May 1935 – 8 February 2012) was a Soviet sprinter. She placed fourth in the 4×100 m relay at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.[2]
Turova was coached by her parents, who competed nationally in various track events, including sprint.[3] Her son Pyotr Bochkaryov became an Olympic pole vaulter.[2]
References
- ^ Irina Bochkaryeva (née Turova). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Irina Turova-Bochkaryova Archived 5 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ Мордовцева (Турова, Бочкарева) Ирина Робертовна (1935–2012). sport-necropol.narod.ru
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European Athletics Championships champions in women's 100 metres
- 1938: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)
- 1946: Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS)
- 1950: Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1954: Irina Turova (URS)
- 1958: Heather Armitage (GBR)
- 1962: Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
- 1966: Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1969: Petra Vogt (GDR)
- 1971: Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1974: Irena Szewińska (POL)
- 1978: Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1982: Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1986: Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1990: Katrin Krabbe (GDR)
- 1994: Irina Privalova (RUS)
- 1998: Christine Arron (FRA)
- 2002: Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
- 2006: Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2010: Verena Sailer (GER)
- 2012: Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL)
- 2014: Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2016: Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2018: Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
- 2022: Gina Lückenkemper (GER)
- 2024: Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
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