Irina Ivanovna Tolkunova (russian: Ирина Ивановна Толкунова, born June 2, 1971, in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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 ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

for Russia and in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

for Kazakhstan. In 2000, she won the bronze medal with the Russian team. Four years later she was part of the Kazakhstani team which was eliminated in the first round.

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* 1971 births Living people Water polo players from Moscow Soviet female water polo players Russian female water polo players Kazakhstani female water polo players Olympic water polo players for Russia Olympic water polo players for Kazakhstan Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian emigrants to Kazakhstan European Water Polo Championship medalists {{Kazakhstan-waterpolo-bio-stub

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