Valentina Rastvorova

Valentina Rastvorova
Rastvorova at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameВалентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова
Валентина Ксенофонтівна Растворова
Born(1933-07-17)17 July 1933
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 85)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
SpouseBoris Grishin
ChildrenYevgeny Grishin (son)
Yelena Grishina (daughter)
RelativesSergey Bida (grandson)
Sport
SportFencing
EventFoil
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Foil team
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Foil individual
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Foil team
World Fencing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1956 London Foil team
Gold medal – first place 1958 Philadelphia Foil individual
Gold medal – first place 1958 Philadelphia Foil team
Gold medal – first place 1961 Turin Foil team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Buenos Aires Foil team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Paris Foil team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Moscow Foil team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Montreal Foil team

Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova (Валентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова; 17 July 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Ukrainian[1] who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Valentina Rastvorova". olympedia.org.