Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a

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. She competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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, where she was a non-scoring member of the gold-winning Soviet team. Individually she won a gold medal in the vault and a silver in the now-discontinued team portable apparatus event.Biography of Ekaterina Kalinchuk
. sport-necropol.ru
. ''databaseOlympics.com''

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1922 births 1997 deaths People from Tula Governorate Soviet female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub