Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bolshova ( uk, Валенти́на Анато́ліївна Большо́ва; ;

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Maslovska; 30 January 1937 – 21 May 2023) was a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

representing 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 ...

. Maslovska was the wife of Soviet athlete

Viktor Bolshov Viktor Bolshov (russian: Виктор Большов; born 23 May 1939) is a retired Soviet high jumper. He competed in the 1960 Olympics finishing fourth behind his teammates Robert Shavlakadze, world record holder Valery Brumel and American ...

, mother of Soviet-Moldovan athlete

Olga Bolșova Olga Bolșova (also written Olga Bolshova; born 16 June 1968 in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Moldovan athlete who specialized in the high jump and triple jump. Her personal best high jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in September 1993 in Rie ...

, and grandmother of Moldovan-Spanish tennis player Aliona Bolșova. Maslovska died on 21 May 2023 in Spain; she was previously misreported to have died in 2002.

References

External links

* 1937 births 2023 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Ukrainian female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing Soviet female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Ukrainian expatriates in Moldova Ukrainian expatriates in Spain Sportspeople from Odesa {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub