Zoja Rudnova

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
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1969 MunichDoubles
Gold medal – first place1969 MunichTeam
Bronze medal – third place1967 StockholmSingles
Bronze medal – third place1967 StockholmDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1967 StockholmMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1967 StockholmTeam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1976 PragueMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1976 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place1974 Novi SadSingles
Bronze medal – third place1974 Novi SadDoubles
Gold medal – first place1974 Novi SadMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1974 Novi SadTeam
Gold medal – first place1972 RotterdamSingles
Bronze medal – third place1972 RotterdamDoubles
Gold medal – first place1972 RotterdamMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1970 MoscowSingles
Gold medal – first place1970 MoscowDoubles
Gold medal – first place1970 MoscowMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1970 MoscowTeam
Silver medal – second place1968 LyonSingles
Silver medal – second place1968 LyonDoubles
Gold medal – first place1968 LyonMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1968 LyonTeam
Bronze medal – third place1964 MalmoSingles

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

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 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  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. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Ian Marshall (12 March 2014). "The Student who Became the Teacher, Zoja Rudnova Passes Away". ITTF official site. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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