Larisa Savkina
Encyclopedia
Larisa Mikhaylovna Savkina (born February 8, 1955) is a former Soviet
/Azerbaijani
handball
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
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In 1980 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored one goal.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
/Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....
handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
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In 1980 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored one goal.