Irina Gerlits (born 29 April 1966) is a
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
i former
basketball
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player who competed in 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 ...
and in the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
.
She was born in Krasnokutsk, Pavlodar Oblast,
Kazakh SSR
; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы)
*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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and played for Universitet Alma-Ata, CD CREF Madrid and CD Universidad de Oviedo in Spain, and BC Bordeaux and BC Reims in France.
References
1966 births
Living people
People from Pavlodar Region
Kazakhstani women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union
Olympic basketball players for the Unified Team
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
Olympic medalists in basketball
Soviet women's basketball players
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in France
Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate basketball people in France
Expatriate basketball people in Spain
Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
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