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Country
  
Soviet Union

Sport
  
Track and field


Event(s)
  
Sprint

Name
  
Irina Turova

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Born
  
14 May 1935 (
1935-05-14
)
Leningrad

Died
  
8 February 2012(2012-02-08) (aged 76) Moscow

Irina Robertovna Turova (later Bochkaryova and Mordovtseva, Russian: Ирина Робертовна Турова-Бочкарёва; 14 May 1935 – 8 February 2012) was a Soviet sprinter. She placed fourth in the 4×100 m relay at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.

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Turova was coached by her parents, who competed nationally in various track events, including sprint. Her son Pyotr Bochkaryov became an Olympic pole vaulter.

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