Ekaterina Kalinchuk

Ekaterina Kalinchuk
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1922-12-02)2 December 1922
Zhitovo, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR
Died13 July 1997(1997-07-13) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Vault
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team exercises with portable apparatus

Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; Russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where she was a non-scoring member of the gold-winning Soviet team. Individually she won a gold medal in the vault and a silver in the now-discontinued team portable apparatus event.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Yekaterina Kalinchuk. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Biography of Ekaterina Kalinchuk Archived 27 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sport-necropol.ru
  3. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Gymnastics" Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com