Lyudmila Shishova
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Born1 June 1940
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died21 February 2004 (aged 63)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
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| Born | 1 June 1940 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 February 2004 (aged 63) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Gorky | |||||||||||||||||
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Lyudmila Shishova (Russian: Людмила Николаевна Шишова; 1 June 1940 – 21 February 2004) was a Soviet fencer and fencing coach. She won gold in the team foil at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Shishova tried several sports before coming to a fencing school in 1954. From 1960 to 1964 she was a member of the Soviet foil team. In 1969 she received a degree in gynecology from the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy,[3] and after retiring from competitions worked both as a gynecologist and a fencing coach. Her husband, Vitaly Zinkov, and daughter Elvira Zinkova, both competed at the national level in fencing.[4]
