Yelizaveta Dementyeva (; 5 March 1928 – 27 July 2022)
Олимпийская чемпионка Елизавета Кислова умерла в Петербурге
was a Soviet sprint canoer
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 ...
who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...
in Melbourne, she won a gold medal in the K-1 500 m event. Dementyeva also won two medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine ka ...
in Prague with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.
References
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Yelizaveta Dementyeva's profile at Sports Reference.com
1928 births
2022 deaths
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Soviet female canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Russian female canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
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