Valentyna Bolshova Explained

Valentyna Maslovskaya
Birth Name:Valentyna Anatoliyivna Maslovskaya
Native Name:Валенти́на Анатоліївна Масло́вська
Nationality:Ukrainian
Sport:Sprinting
Event:200 metres
Birth Date:30 January 1937
Birth Place:Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Death Place:Palafrugell, Spain

Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bolshova (Ukrainian: Валенти́на Анато́ліївна Большо́ва; ; née Maslovskaya; 30 January 1937  - 21 May 2023) was a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union.[1]

Maslovskaya was the wife of Soviet athlete Viktor Bolshov, mother of Soviet-Moldovan athlete Olga Bolșova, and grandmother of Moldovan-Spanish tennis player Aliona Bolșova. Maslovskaya died on 21 May 2023 in Spain; she was previously misreported to have died in 2002.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Valentyna Maslovska Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/valentyna-maslovska-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Знаменитая советская легкоатлетка пережила свою мнимую смерть на 20 лет. 8 June 2023. Russian.