Svetlana Tširkova (born November 5, 1945 Tupner, Tsivilsky District

Tsivilsky District

Tsivilsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeastern portion of the republic and borders with Cheboksarsky District in the north and northwest, Mariinsko-Posadsky District in the northeast,...

, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union

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....

) is a former Soviet

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....

 fencer

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

, two times olympic champion in foil

Foil (fencing)

A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:...

 team competitions and fencing coach in Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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

In 1969, individual competition at the World Championships in Havana

Havana

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, she lost only to Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei is a Romanian fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 and won bronze medal.

She was awarded with Medal For Distinguished Labour , classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR

Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR

Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for athletes. The classification was established in 1935 and was based on separate classifications, which existed for several sports disciplines before...

 in 1972 and was classmate to Georgi Zažitski

Georgi Zažitski

Georgi Zažitski is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, also 1972 Olympics medalist in fencing.

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.

As an olympic winner, she is Honorary member of the Estonian Olympic Committee

Estonian Olympic Committee

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