Valentina Prudskova

Valentina Prudskova

Personal information
Born	27 December 1938 Yershov, Russia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Burevestnik Saratov
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Foil, team 1964 Tokyo Foil, team World Fencing Championships 1958 Philadelphia Foil, team 1961 Turin Foil, team 1962 Buenos Aires Foil, team 1965 Paris Foil, team 1965 Paris Foil, individual

Valentina Aleksandrovna Prudskova (Russian: Валентина Александровна Прудскова; born 27 December 1938) is a Soviet fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Prudskova was a member of the Soviet foil team from 1958 to 1966. During those years she won three gold and one silver team medals at the world championships, as well as one individual bronze.^[3] In 1962 she graduated from Saratov State Technical University with a degree in metal processing and then until 1969 worked at a metalworking plant in Saratov. After that she coached fencing at a sport school. She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour and Medal "For Labour Valour".^[4]

References

1. "Olympics Statistics: Valentina Prudskova". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
2. "Valentina Prudskova Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
3. Прудскова Валентина Александровна. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
4. Прудскова Валентина Александровна. Saratov State Technical University

Soviet foil team at the 1960 Olympics, Prudskova is on the right