Emma Gapchenko
![]() Gapchenko in 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 24 February 1938 Stupino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 2021 | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emma Vasilyevna Gapchenko (Russian: Эмма Васильевна Гапченко; 24 February 1938 – 6 December 2021) was Russian archer.[1] She won three gold medals at the world championships in 1969–73 and a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics. At the European championships she won the team gold medal in 1970–74 and individual silvers in 1970 and 1974. She never won a Soviet title.[2]
Gapchenko trained in running, swimming and volleyball before taking up archery at an advanced age of 28. After retiring from competitions she worked as an archery coach and judge.[2]
She died on 6 December 2021, at the age of 83.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Emma Gapchenko". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b Emma Gapchenko. Sports-reference
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- 1938 births
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- Russian female archers
- Soviet female archers
- Olympic archers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
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- People from Stupinsky District
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