Roza Stepanovna Chumakova (russian: Роза Степановна Чумакова, 8 June 1924 – 10 October 2007) was Russian rower who won two European titles in the

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minimi ...

s in 1954 and 1955.

Biography

Chumakova graduated from secondary school shortly before the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. The same year she volunteered to work as a nurse at a military hospital and then as a radio operator at the Soviet Air Force. For her service at the World War II fronts between 1942 and 1944 Chumakova was later awarded the

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

and

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: Медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a military de ...

. She started training in rowing in 1944, shortly after demobilization. In parallel, she studied at the

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering The Russian University of Transport (RUT (MIIT); russian: «Российский университет транспорта», РУТ (МИИТ)), officially the Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian University of tran ...

, then

Moscow State Linguistic University ) , former_names = Moscow Imperial Commercial School(1804–1917) Moscow Institute of New Languages(1930–1935) Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages(1935–1990) , motto = ''Lingua facit pacem'' , motto_lang = ...

, and then at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education (GTSOLIFK), graduating in 1949. In 1969 she defended her PhD on physical training of elite rowers and later worked as professor of physical education at the

Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA) is a leading institution of higher education in Russia which trains civil aviation specialists and acts as a center of science and culture training of specialists and fundamental scien ...

. Between 1985 and 2000 she was president of the Moscow Federation of Masters Rowing. Chumakova had a brother Slava and a daughter Tatyana. She was married more than once, last to Igor Borisovich Yefimov.

References

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