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Zinaida Turchyna

1946 - Today

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Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna (Ukrainian: Зінаїда Михайлiвна Турчина, née Stolitenko on 17 May 1946) is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Coached by her husband Ihor Turchyn she competed for the Soviet Union in all major international tournaments in 1973–1988, except for the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics, and won three Olympic and five world championship medals. In 2000, a panel from the International Handball Federation and sports journalists named her the best female handball player of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Zinaida Turchyna is the 9th most popular handball player (up from 12th in 2024), the 689th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 732nd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Zinaida Turchyna ranks 9 out of 420. Before her are Abaz Arslanagić, Franz Brunner, Nikola Karabatić, Gheorghe Gruia, Mikkel Hansen, and Magnus Wislander. After her are Ștefan Birtalan, Andrey Lavrov, Ivano Balić, Wilhelm Müller, Karl Kreutzberg, and Albin Vidović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Zinaida Turchyna ranks 463. Before her are Vladimir Solovyov, Carolyn Maloney, Mark L. Lester, Colette Besson, Gailard Sartain, and Galina Starovoytova. After her are John Piper, Dieter Herzog, Kim Yong-chol, Im Shung-hwi, Giuseppe Furino, and René Pijnen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Zinaida Turchyna ranks 689 out of 1,365. Before her are Margarita Aliger (1915), Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1892), Emanuel Ax (1949), Louise Nevelson (1899), Mykola Khvylovy (1893), and Alexander Galich (1918). After her are Georgy Sedov (1877), Sviatoslav Shevchuk (1970), Grigory Shajn (1892), Vera Inber (1890), Mark Donskoy (1901), and Eduard Mudrik (1939).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among handball players born in Ukraine, Zinaida Turchyna ranks 1. After her are Andrei Xepkin (1965), Oleg Velyky (1977), Irina Poltoratskaya (1979), Tetyana Shynkarenko (1978), and Anastasiia Pidpalova (1982).

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