Eleonora "Leonora" Kaminskaitė ( Ruokienė, 29 January 1951 – 9 February 1986) was a

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n rower who was most successful in the

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s. In this event she won a bronze medal at the

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and a silver at the 1978 World Rowing Championships. She graduated from the

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in 1972.

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1951 births 1986 deaths People from Prienai District Municipality Sportspeople from Kaunas County Lithuanian female rowers Soviet female rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub