Nina Yuryevna Gopova-Trofimova (russian: Нина Юрьевна Гопова-Трофимова; born 4 May 1953) is a

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sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-2 500 m event with a gold in

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and a silver in 1980. Gopova also won five medals at the

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with two golds (K-1 500 m and K-4 500 m: both

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) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1974, K-2 500 m: 1973, K-4 500 m: 1974).

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* 1953 births Living people Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russian female canoeists Soviet female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics