Valentyna Bolshova
Ukrainian sprinter (1937–2023)
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Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bolshova (Ukrainian: Валенти́на Анато́ліївна Большо́ва; Russian: Валенти́на Анато́льевна Большо́ва; née Maslovskaya; 30 January 1937 – 21 May 2023) was a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union.[1]
Nativename
Валенти́на Анатоліївна Масло́вська
NationalityUkrainian
BornValentyna Anatoliyivna Maslovskaya
30 January 1937
30 January 1937
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died21 May 2023 (aged 86)
Palafrugell, Spain
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| Native name | Валенти́на Анатоліївна Масло́вська | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Valentyna Anatoliyivna Maslovskaya 30 January 1937 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 May 2023 (aged 86) Palafrugell, Spain | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||
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Maslovskaya was the wife of Soviet athlete Viktor Bolshov, mother of Soviet-Moldovan athlete Olga Bolșova, and grandmother of Moldovan-Spanish tennis player Aliona Bolșova. Maslovskaya died on 21 May 2023 in Spain; she was previously misreported to have died in 2002.[2]
