Larysa Aleksandrivna Karlova ( ua, Лариса Александрівна Карлова, born 7 August 1958 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

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1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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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 ...

. One of the most outstanding players in the history of handball. In 1976, she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored one goal. Four years later, she was a member of the Soviet team which won the gold medal again. She played all five matches and scored 19 goals. In 1988, she won the bronze medal as part of the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored seven goals.

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1958 births Living people Soviet female handball players Ukrainian female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Sportspeople from Kyiv Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Friendship Games medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Goodwill Games medalists in handball Goodwill Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub