Valentina Rastvorova

Valentina Rastvorova
Rastvorova at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameВалентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова
Валентина Ксенофонтівна Растворова
Born(1933-07-17)17 July 1933
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 85)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
SpouseBoris Grishin
ChildrenYevgeny Grishin (son)
Yelena Grishina (daughter)
RelativesSergey Bida (grandson)
Sport
SportFencing
EventFoil
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 RomeFoil team
1960 RomeFoil individual
1964 TokyoFoil team
World Fencing Championships
1956 LondonFoil team
1958 PhiladelphiaFoil individual
1958 PhiladelphiaFoil team
1961 TurinFoil team
1962 Buenos AiresFoil team
1965 ParisFoil team
1966 MoscowFoil team
1967 MontrealFoil team

Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova (Валентина Ксенофонтовна Растворова; 17 July 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Ukrainian who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.