Nadejda Danilina
Encyclopedia
Nadejda Danilina is a Soviet
luge
r who competed in the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event at Calgary
in 1988
.
Danilina is married to Sergey Danilin
, who won the silver medal in the men's singles luge event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
in Sarajevo
.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
luge
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
r who competed in the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event at Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
in 1988
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
.
Danilina is married to Sergey Danilin
Sergey Danilin
Sergey Danilin was a Soviet luger who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned the silver medal in the men's singles event at Sarajevo in 1984....
, who won the silver medal in the men's singles luge event at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
.