Svetlana Tširkova (from 1980, Tširkova-Lozovaja) (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Чиркова-Лозовая) (born November 5, 1945, Tupner, Tsivilsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet fencer, two-time Olympic champion in foil team competitions and fencing coach in Estonia.
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| Born | 5 November 1945 Tsivilsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Clavdij Jadlovskij | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She received two gold medals in team foil at the Summer Olympics from 1968 and 1972 games.[1]
In the 1969 individual competition at the World Championships in Havana, Cuba, she lost only to Romanian Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei and won bronze medal.[2]
She was awarded with Medal "For Distinguished Labour", classified as a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1972.[3]
Living in Estonia since 1950, she graduated from the Pedagogical University of Tallinn in 1973 and was also 5 time fencing champion of the Estonian SSR.[2]
As an olympic winner, she is honorary member of the Estonian Olympic Committee.[4]
She is a mother of two sons, Eduard "Edik" Ber[5] and Kirill Lozovoi,[6] who are also fencers.[3]
In 2006 she received the Estonian Order of the White Star (Third Class)[7] and in 2016 Tallinn City Cross.[8]
References
edit- ^ Profile: "Svetlana Tširkova" sports-reference.com (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
- ^ a b Noskov, Juri (1976). Spordi kuulsuseks: Svetlana Tširkova (in Estonian). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat. pp. 102–115.
- ^ a b (in Estonian) Svetlana Tširkova sai olümpiakulla asemel diplomi Eesti Päevaleht, March 20, 2006 (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
- ^ Honorary members of the Estonian Olympic Committee Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine eok.ee (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
- ^ Fencing Ranking: Eduard Ber nahouw.net (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
- ^ Fencing Ranking: Kirill Lozovoi nahouw.net (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
- ^ Svetlana Lozovaja-Tširkova Teenetemärkide kavalerid
- ^ Aukodanikud tallinn.ee