Zinaida Turchyna
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Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna ' onMouseout='HidePop("91197")' href="/topics/Kiev">Kiev
) is a former Soviet
/Ukrainian
handball
player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
, in the 1980 Summer Olympics
, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
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In 1976 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored 22 goals.
Four years later she was a member of the Soviet team which won the gold medal again. She played all five matches and scored seven goals.
In 1988 she won the bronze medal as part of the Soviet team. She played four matches and scored one goal.
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) is a former Soviet
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....
/Ukrainian
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
, in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
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In 1976 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored 22 goals.
Four years later she was a member of the Soviet team which won the gold medal again. She played all five matches and scored seven goals.
In 1988 she won the bronze medal as part of the Soviet team. She played four matches and scored one goal.