Olga Tishchenko is a Soviet

Soviet Union

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-born, Russia

Russia

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n sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Milan, Italy at the Idroscalo.The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all kayak....

 in Milan

Milan

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Tishchenko also competed in three Summer Olympics. For the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was...

 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, she finished ninth in the K-4 500 m

Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:16 crews entered in two heats...

 event. Four years later

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 in Atlanta, Tishchenko finished seventh in the K-4 500 m

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:16 crews entered in two heats...

 event for Russia

Russia

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. She would finish seventh in the K-4 500 m

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:10 crews entered in two heats...

 event for Russia again at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney

Sydney

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