Related Research Articles
Alexander Gennadyevich Zaitsev is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Irina Rodnina, he is a two-time Olympic champion, six-time World champion and seven-time European champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and later Tatiana Tarasova in Moscow.
Irina Natanovna Press was a multitalented Russian athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 1964, she finished fourth in the hurdles and sixth in the shot put, but won gold in the newly introduced pentathlon event.
Irina Müller is a German rower, who won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a member of the SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Irina Rodina is a Russian judoka and Sambist. She is 11-time world champion of Sambo making her the most titled female practitioner in Sambo. She competed in Judo at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the heavyweight division, finishing in equal seventh place. Rodina also competed in mixed martial arts.
Irina Lashko is a Russian diver who, after her marriage with an Australian, became known as Irina Furler.
Aleksey Kudryavtsev is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer, who was affiliated with Profsoyuzy Moskva. He is the father of three time 2013, 2014 and 2015 World All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Gold Medalists Yana Kudryavtseva.
Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won the gold medal in Women's 3 metre springboard.
Irina Nikolayevna Bespalova is a female butterfly swimmer from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. She competed in the women's 100m butterfly and the women's 4 × 100 m medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Irina Alexandrovna Viner, formerly Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova, is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, and former vice president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation.
Irina Vladimirovna Kirillova, also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later competing for Croatia.
Irina Anatolyevna Ilchenko, known as Irina Ilchenko or Irina Smirnova, is a Russian volleyball player. Born in Yekaterinburg, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions but decided not to participate.
Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva won the final 6–3, 6–2 against Eva Birnerová and Alberta Brianti.
Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but both opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead.
Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen won the title, defeating Irina Falconi and Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–2 in the final.
Irina Zabludina is a Russian judoka. She competed in the Women's 57 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Marti Malloy.
Irina Cristiana Carreira Rodrigues is a Portuguese athlete specializing in the discus throw. She competed for Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
Margarita Mamun is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time World All-around silver medalist, the 2015 European Games All-around silver medalist, the 2016 European Championships All-around silver medalist, three-time Grand Prix Final All-around champion and a three-time (2011–2013) Russian National All-around champion.
Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champion in the All-around (2013–2015), the 2015 European Games All-around champion, two-time European Championships All-around champion, the 2012 European Junior ball champion. In national level, she is a two-time Russian National All-around champion and three time Russian Junior National all-around champion.
Irina Yuryevna Dolgova is a Russian judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 48 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Paula Pareto. She also competed in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Christina McHale and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. McHale played alongside Lauren Davis, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko and Alla Kudryavtseva.
Irina Teterina is a Soviet rower. She competed in the women's coxed four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irina Solontsova-Kudryavtseva Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  | This biographical article relating to Soviet athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |