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Valentina Popova (table tennis)

Valentina Ivanovna Popova (Russian: Валентина Ивановна Попова) (born 21 November 1960 in Sumgait) is a former Soviet, and then Slovak, international table tennis player.[1]

Valentina Popova
Personal information
Nationality Soviet Union  Slovakia
Born (1960-11-21) 21 November 1960 (age 64)
Sumgait
Medal record
Women's table tennis
European Championships
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1976 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Duisburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Duisburg Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1980 Berne Singles
Gold medal – first place 1980 Berne Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1980 Berne Team
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Budapest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Singles
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Paris Singles
Gold medal – first place 1988 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Gothenburg Doubles
Representing  Unified Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Stuttgart Team
Representing  Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Birmingham Mixed Doubles
Friendship Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow Women's doubles

Table tennis career

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From 1976 to 1994, she won 18 medals at the Table Tennis European Championships.[2] At the European Championships in 1984, she won all four possible gold medals[3] (singles, team (USSR), doubles (with Narine Antonyan), and mixed doubles (with Jacques Secretin), becoming the second ever absolute European women table tennis champion (Zoja Rudnova was the first one to do that in 1970).[citation needed]

She is a multiple USSR National champion - six times in singles, five times in doubles, and three times in mixed doubles.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Valentina Popova". tabletennis.guide. Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Valentina Popova". ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
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