Yelena Petrovna Antonova (born 21 August 1952) is a

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

from

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. She competed for the Soviet Union in the

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held in

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, Canada in the single sculls event where she finished in third place.

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* 1952 births Russian female rowers Soviet female rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub