Inna Vasylivna Frolova ( uk, Инна Фролова; born 3 June 1965 in

Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

petrovsk) is a retired

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, who twice won an Olympic medal during her career. She is a three-time Olympian. After having won the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the Women's Quadruple Sculls at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Frolova repeated that feat, rowing for the Ukraine at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. In

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her team mates were

Olena Ronzhyna Olena Ivanivna Ronzhyna-Morozova ( uk, Олена Іванівна Ронжина-Морозова; born 18 November 1970 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a retired rower from Ukraine, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a four-time ...

Svitlana Maziy Svitlana Ivanivna Maziy ( uk, Світлана Іванівна Мазій; born 30 January 1968 in Kiev) is a retired rower from Ukraine, who twice won an Olympic medal during her career. She is a four-time Olympian. After having won the silve ...

, and

Dina Miftakhutdynova Dina Arturivna Miftakhutdinova ( uk, Діна Артурівна Міфтахутдинова; born 2 November 1973) is a retired rower from Ukraine, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time Olympian. In Atlanta, Geo ...

References

* 1965 births Living people Soviet female rowers Russian female rowers Ukrainian female rowers Olympic rowers for Ukraine Olympic rowers for the Unified Team Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Dnipro {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub