Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja

Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja
Personal information
Born (1945-11-05) 5 November 1945
Tsivilsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportFencing
Coached byClavdij Jadlovskij
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1968 Mexico CItyFoil Team
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichFoil Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1970 AnkaraFoil Team
Gold medal – first place1971 ViennaFoil Team
Silver medal – second place1969 HavanaFoil Team
Bronze medal – third place1969 HavanaFoil Individual

Svetlana Tširkova (from 1980, Tširkova-Lozovaja) (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Чиркова-Лозовая) (born November 5, 1945, Tupner, Tsivilsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet fencer, two-time Olympic champion in foil team competitions and fencing coach in Estonia.

She received two gold medals in team foil at the Summer Olympics from 1968 and 1972 games.[1]

In the 1969 individual competition at the World Championships in Havana, Cuba, she lost only to Romanian Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei and won bronze medal.[2]

She was awarded with Medal "For Distinguished Labour", classified as a Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1972.[3]

Living in Estonia since 1950, she graduated from the Pedagogical University of Tallinn in 1973 and was also 5 time fencing champion of the Estonian SSR.[2]

As an olympic winner, she is honorary member of the Estonian Olympic Committee.[4]

She is a mother of two sons, Eduard "Edik" Ber[5] and Kirill Lozovoi,[6] who are also fencers.[3]

In 2006 she received the Estonian Order of the White Star (Third Class)[7] and in 2016 Tallinn City Cross.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Profile: "Svetlana Tširkova" sports-reference.com (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
  2. 1 2 Noskov, Juri (1976). Spordi kuulsuseks: Svetlana Tširkova (in Estonian). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat. pp. 102–115.
  3. 1 2 (in Estonian) Svetlana Tširkova sai olümpiakulla asemel diplomi Eesti Päevaleht, March 20, 2006 (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
  4. ↑ Honorary members of the Estonian Olympic Committee Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine eok.ee (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
  5. ↑ Fencing Ranking: Eduard Ber nahouw.net (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
  6. ↑ Fencing Ranking: Kirill Lozovoi nahouw.net (Retrieved on January 22, 2008)
  7. ↑ Svetlana Lozovaja-Tširkova Teenetemärkide kavalerid
  8. ↑ Aukodanikud tallinn.ee
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