Zoja Rudnova

Zoja Rudnova (19 August 1946 - 12 March 2014) was an international table tennis player from the former Soviet Union.

Zoja Rudnova
Personal information
Full nameRUDNOVA Zoja
Nationality Soviet Union
Born(1946-08-19)19 August 1946
Moscow
Died12 March 2014(2014-03-12) (aged 67)
Moscow
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Munich Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1969 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Stockholm Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Stockholm Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1967 Stockholm Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Prague Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1976 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Novi Sad Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Novi Sad Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1974 Novi Sad Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1974 Novi Sad Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Rotterdam Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Rotterdam Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1972 Rotterdam Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Moscow Singles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Moscow Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Moscow Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Lyon Singles
Silver medal – second place 1968 Lyon Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1968 Lyon Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1968 Lyon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Malmo Singles

Table tennis career

From 1964 to 1976 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1] She was twice European champion in women singles, three time European champion with the USSR team, once in women doubles and four times in mixed doubles. She was the first woman ever to become an absolute European champion in 1970 winning all four possible gold medals (singles, team, doubles, mixed doubles) - great feat which has only been repeated once since.

She was a member of USSR women team who won gold medal at 1969 World Championships[2][3] which was the only time USSR or Russia ever won gold medal as a team (she also has team silver medal from 1967 Worlds). She also has one of only two non-team world championship gold medals in table tennis ever won by USSR or Russia - in doubles in 1969 with Svetlana Grinberg.

She also won four English Open titles.

Zoja Rudnova died on 12 March 2014, at the age of 67.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Скончалась двукратная чемпионка мира и многократная чемпионка Европы по настольному теннису Зоя Руднова". Пресс-служба Москомспорта. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  5. Ian Marshall (2014-03-12). "The Student who Became the Teacher, Zoja Rudnova Passes Away". ITTF official site. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
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