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Turov (surname)
The surname Turov (feminine: Turova) may refer to: * Maxim Turov (born 1979), Russian chess player * Irina Turova, Soviet sprinter * Turau (surname) Turau (feminine-language: Turava) is a Belarusian-language surname. It may also be transliterated from Belarusian as Turaŭ or Turaw. The surname may refer to: * Turov (surname), Russian-language form; may be used interchangeably with the Belarusi ..., Belarusian-language form; may be used interchangeably with the Russian form for Belarusian persons {{surname category:Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Turov
Maxim Turov (; born 7 December 1979) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999. Turov participated in the 1st Children's Chess Olympiad, held in Linares in 1993, as part of Russia "A" team, which won the gold medal. In 2005 and 2011 he won the Open Dutch Championship in Dieren. In 2009, he tied for 1st–2nd with Alexander Lastin in the Doroshkevich Memorial, shared first with Marius Manolache in the International Chess Festival Eforie Nord, won the 9th Nordhausen Open and the 25th Faaker See Open. In 2010, he won the Chennai Open, tied for 1st–4th with Sergei Zhigalko, Rinat Jumabayev and Vitali Golod in the 4th Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent, winning the tournament on tiebreak, tied for 1st–6th with Dmitry Kokarev, Alexey Dreev, Martyn Kravtsiv, Baskaran Adhiban and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 2nd Orissa Open tournament in Bhubaneshwar. In 2011 he tied for 2nd–6th with Konstantine Shanava, Mikhail Ulibin, Robert Hovhann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Turova
Irina Robertovna Turova (later ''Bochkaryova'' and ''Mordovtseva'', russian: Ирина Робертовна Турова-Бочкарёва; 14 May 1935 – 8 February 2012) was a Soviet sprinter. She placed fourth in the 4×100 m relay at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships. Turova was coached by her parents, who competed nationally in various track events, including sprint. Her son Pyotr Bochkaryov became an Olympic pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...er. References 1935 births 2012 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Soviet female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turau (surname)
Turau (feminine-language: Turava) is a Belarusian-language surname. It may also be transliterated from Belarusian as Turaŭ or Turaw. The surname may refer to: * Turov (surname), Russian-language form; may be used interchangeably with the Belarusian form for Belarusian persons *Ryta Turava, Belarusian athlete, competing in race walking *Alesia Turava Alesia Turava ( be, Алеся Турава; born 6 December 1979) is a Belarusian middle-distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002. Still, Turava mostly ..., Belarusian athlete, middle distance runner See also * Turow (other) {{surname Belarusian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |