Valentina Prudskova

Valentina Prudskova

Prudskova at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1938-12-27)27 December 1938 Yershov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	23 August 2020(2020-08-23) (aged 81) Saratov, Russia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Burevestnik Saratov
Coached by	Mikhail Sazonov
Retired	1968
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Team World Fencing Championships 1958 Philadelphia Team 1961 Turin Team 1965 Paris Team 1966 Moscow Team 1959 Budapest Team 1962 Buenos Aires Team 1965 Paris Individual Summer Universiade 1961 Sofia Team 1961 Sofia Individual

Valentina Aleksandrovna Prudskova (Russian: Валентина Александровна Прудскова; 27 December 1938 – 23 August 2020) was 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.

Prudskova's mother, Zinaida Nikolaevna Prudskova, was a farmer and housewife. Her father, Aleksandr Petrovich Prudskov, worked at railways and fought in the Winter War and World War II; he died of pneumonia in 1950, aged 40. Shortly after that, his family moved from Yershov to Saratov, where Prudskova started training in fencing, together with her cousin. Her career advanced in 1954 when she won her first national title.

Prudskova was a member of the Soviet foil team from 1957 to 1966. During those years she won four gold and two silver team medals at the world championships, as well as one individual bronze. 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".

Prudskova had a daughter, Marina, who worked as an arts teacher.

External links

• Valentina Prudskova at Olympics.com
• Valentina Prudskova at Olympedia
• Valentina Prudskova at InterSportStats