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Died
  
30 July 2012 (aged 63)

Sport
  
Cycling


Club
  
Avangard

Name
  
Raisa Obodovskaya

Raisa Obodovskaya

Born
  
6 August 1948
Merefa, Ukraine

Raisa Andreevna Obodovskaya (Russian: Раиса Андреевна Ободовская; 6 August 1948 – 30 July 2012) was a Soviet track and road cyclist. Between 1967 and 1970 she won two gold and two silver medals in the 3 km individual pursuit at world championships, as well as a bronze in the road race in 1970.

In November 1969 she got married to Yury Gladkov, and later gave birth to daughters Marina and Tanya. She resumed competitions in the late 1970s and won three national titles in road events in 1979–1981. She retired in 1984 and later worked as a director of sports school in Kharkiv.

References

Raisa Obodovskaya Wikipedia


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