Irina Kostyuchenkova (russian: link=no, Ирина Костюченкова; 11 May 1961 – 31 March 2023) was a

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er who represented the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, and later Ukraine. Kostyuchenkova was born in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the

1987 Summer Universiade The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIV Summer Universiade, took place in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. It involved participants from 111 countries and over 6,000 individual sportspersons and members of teams. Infrastructural cha ...

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

. Kostyuchenkova died on 31 March 2023, at the age of 61. She and her mother were strangled by their 33-year-old son in

Alushta Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de ...

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1961 births 2023 deaths Deaths by strangulation Ukrainian female javelin throwers Soviet female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Ukrainian people of Russian descent Goodwill Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Ukrainian murder victims Female murder victims People murdered in Ukraine {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub