Valentina Grigoryeva
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Valentina Grigoryeva is a former Soviet cross-country skier
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She represented the Soviet Union
at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
in Innsbruck
, and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ten kilometre events. She was the only Soviet athlete to win a medal at the Innsbruck Games, and, since this was the USSR's first and last appearance at the Winter Paralympics, Grigoryeva holds the distinction of being the only Soviet athlete ever to have won a Winter Paralympic medal.
Grigoryeva did not compete again at the Paralympic Games.
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
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She represented the Soviet Union
Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made its Winter Paralympic début at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck. This was also the last appearance of the Soviet Union in the Winter Paralympics before the union's dissolution. The country was represented by eight athletes, who all completed in...
at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
1988 Winter Paralympics
The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games, were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent...
in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ten kilometre events. She was the only Soviet athlete to win a medal at the Innsbruck Games, and, since this was the USSR's first and last appearance at the Winter Paralympics, Grigoryeva holds the distinction of being the only Soviet athlete ever to have won a Winter Paralympic medal.
Grigoryeva did not compete again at the Paralympic Games.