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Valentina Stenina

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Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina (Russian: Валентина Серге́евна Стенина; born 29 December 1934) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk (which is now part of Belarus), she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II. In Sverdlovsk, she took up speed skating, training at VSS Trud, and met and married fellow skater Boris Stenin. In 1959, Stenina participated in her first World Allround Championships, held in her home town of Sverdlovsk, and she won silver. The next year, 1960, was a very good year for Stenina: her husband Boris became Soviet Allround Champion, then Boris won silver at the European Allround Championships, then she herself became World Allround Champion, then Boris became World Allround Champion, and then at the 1960 Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley, she won silver on the 3,000 m behind Lidia Skoblikova, while Boris won bronze on the 1,500 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentina Stenina is the 128th most popular skater (down from 126th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 184th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Valentina Stenina ranks 128 out of 483. Before her are Ludwig Wrede, Kees Broekman, Ans Schut, Toller Cranston, Beatrix Loughran, and Eteri Tutberidze. After her are Kira Ivanova, Stéphane Lambiel, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Lisbeth Korsmo, Karin Enke, and Kurt Oppelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Valentina Stenina ranks 491. Before her are Jean Wendling, Willard Scott, Tamara Manina, Calvin Lockhart, Tammy Grimes, and Chris Bonington. After her are Pierre Joxe, Cedar Walton, George Ryan, Léon Mébiame, Shirley Brasher, and Carmine Caridi.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Valentina Stenina ranks 180 out of 368. Before her are Anna Missuna (1868), Aleksandr Dedyushko (1962), Gennady Novitsky (1949), Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (1938), Viktar Babaryka (1963), and Darya Domracheva (1986). After her are Rita Achkina (1938), Andrei Sannikov (1954), Max Mirnyi (1977), Aleksandr Volodin (1919), Iryna Yatchenko (1965), and Viktor Kupreichik (1949).

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Among SKATERS In Belarus

Among skaters born in Belarus, Valentina Stenina ranks 1. After her are Igor Zhelezovski (1963), and Natalia Mishkutionok (1970).

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