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| Full name | Sofia Ivanovna Beketova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1948 (1948-06) (age 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Novgorod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yevgeny Morozov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sofia Ivanovna Beketova (later Shurkalova and then Bazylnikova, Russian: Софья Ивановна Бекетова (Шуркалова, Базыльникова), born 1 June 1948) is a retired Soviet rower who won European titles in the eight boat class in 1971 and 1973 and two silver medals at the world championships with the women's eight in 1974 and coxed four in 1977.[2]
In 1967 Beketova graduated from the Murom Institute of Radio Engineering and moved to Novgorod, to work at a factory in Volna. There she started training by Yevgeny Morozov in rowing. She retired around 1977 and soon gave birth to twins. Years later, she resumed competing and won three world titles in the masters category.[1]
References
- A. Sidorov (25 July 2013) Софья Бекетова. murom-tv.ru
- Бекетова (Базыльникова) Софья Ивановна. lubovbezusl.ru
External links
- Sofia BEKETOVA at World Rowing
- Profile at Infosport.ru (in Russian)
- Profile at Sport-strana.ru (in Russian)