Valentina V. Kalegina (nee - Kamneva ; December 23, 1928 , Leningrad - May 14, 2009 , St. Petersburg ) - Soviet and Russian athlete, coach in rowing . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR , Honored Coach of the USSR .
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| A country |  USSR →  Russia | ||||||||||
| Specialization | rowing | ||||||||||
| Date of Birth | December 23, 1928 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Leningrad | ||||||||||
| Date of death | May 14, 2009 (80 years) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg | ||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Leningrad in 1928. She played for the Leningrad DSO “ Spartak ” and “ Dynamo ”, trained under the guidance of K. K. Ptitsyn and K. B. Putyrsky [1] .
USSR champion in rowing (1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1962) in a doubles pair. The champion of Europe (1967, 1958, 1961, 1962) in a pair of a pair and a four of a pair (1959). In 1962 she was awarded the title of Honorary Master of Sports of the USSR.
After the end of speeches, she switched to coaching. From 1963 to 2003, she trained at the Dynamo training center. Since 1978, she also worked at the Leningrad Olympic Reserve School. She prepared many sportsmen, among them L. Parfenova, M. Zhukova, and also E. Matievskaya , the silver medalist of the 1980 Olympic Games .
She was awarded the title of Honored Trainer of the RSFSR [2] (1979) and the USSR (1986), Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the RSFSR.
She died on May 14, 2009. She was buried at the Northern cemetery of St. Petersburg [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Rowing Club "Banner" . xn - 80abskfjf9b9g.xn - p1ai. The appeal date is September 17, 2017.
- ↑ Rowing academic | St. Petersburg (Leningrad) sports . www.offsport.ru. The appeal date is September 9, 2017.
- ↑ Kalegina (Kamneva) Valentina Vasilievna | Sport strana.ru (rus.) (Neopr.) ? . sport-strana.ru. The appeal date is September 9, 2017.