Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet

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. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku. She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and

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She achieved an Olympic silver medals in 1964 and 1976. She also won Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship in 1963, 1967 and 1971. In 1972 she was awarded the

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* 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku Azerbaijani people of Russian descent Soviet women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Azerbaijani women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Shohrat Order {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub