Antonina Alexandrovna Seredina (russian: Антонина Александровна Середина; 23 December 1929 – 2 September 2016) was a Russian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

. She won the 500 m singles and doubles events at the 1960 Olympics, and placed third in the doubles in 1968 and fourth in 1964. She also won five medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

with two golds (K-4 500 m:

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

) and three silvers (K-1 500 m:

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

, K-2 500 m:

, 1966).Ушла из жизни Середина А.А.

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* 1929 births 2016 deaths Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing Russian female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tver Oblast