Tamara Belenkova

In 1975 and 1976, Belenkova won a USSR Deaf Volleyball Cup and became a member of the Soviet Union Deaf Volleyball Team.^[4]

In 1981, Belenkova represented the Soviet Union at the Summer Deaflympics, held in Cologne, where she won a gold medal.^[5]

In 1982–1989 Belenkova competed at the European Deaf Volleyball Championships, winning two gold medals overall.^[4]

In 1993, Belenkova won a bronze medal at the Summer Deaflympics in Sofia.^[6] The following year, at the 1994 European Deaf Volleyball Championships, Belenkova became a European champion with Ukrainian national team.^[7]

In 1997, at the Summer Deaflympics in Copenhagen, Belenkova won a silver medal in women's deaf volleyball.^[8] In 1999, at the European Deaf Volleyball Championships in Moscow, Belenkova became a European champion with Ukrainian national team.^[4]

At the 2001 Summer Deaflympics in Rome Belenkova repeated her achievement of 1993 Summer Deaflympics, winning a bronze medal.^[9]

In 2005, Belenkova competed at the Summer Deaflympics in Melbourne, winning a gold medal.^[10]

In 2008, Belenkova competed at the World Deaf Volleyball Championships, winning a gold medal and becoming a world champion.^[11]

The following year, Belenkova competed at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics, where she won a gold medal.^[12]

On March 29, 2017, Tamara Belenkova died in Kyiv.^[2][13]

• Tamara Belenkova at Deaflympics