Vira Misevych ( uk, Віра Місевич; 10 April 1945 – 4 March 1995) was an
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
from
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in
dressage with the Soviet team at the
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,
which all competitive equestrian teams boycotted.
References
External links
Biography of Vira Misevich
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1945 births
1995 deaths
Ukrainian female equestrians
Soviet female equestrians
Ukrainian dressage riders
Olympic equestrians for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Equestrians at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kyiv
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
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