Svetlana Grinberg (married name Fedorova), is a former female international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1967 to 1970 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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and in the

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. Her four World Championship medals included two gold medals in the doubles with

Zoja Rudnova Zoja Rudnova (19 August 1946 - 12 March 2014) was an international table tennis player from the former Soviet Union. Table tennis career From 1964 to 1976 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European ...

and the team event at the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships. She also won two

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titles.

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Table tennis career

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