Irina Palina (born 15 January 1970) is a former female international

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player from

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Table tennis career

She won a gold medal in the Women's Team event at the

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in 1994.PALINA Irina
(RUS) ITTF She also won an

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title.

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Living people Russian female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Russia Olympic table tennis players for the Unified Team 1970 births 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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