Rosa Salikhova

Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (Russian: Роза Галямовна Салихова, Tatar: Роза Галләм кызы Салихова; born 24 September 1944) is a former volleyball player for the USSR.[1]

Rosa Salikhova
Personal information
Full nameRosa Galyamovna Salikhova
Born (1944-09-24) 24 September 1944
Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bulgaria Team
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Uruguay Team

She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup in row.[2]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosa Salikhova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "Roza Salikhova".
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