Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko

Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko
Personal information
Born(1938-11-02)2 November 1938
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died24 January 2000(2000-01-24) (aged 61)
Minsk, Belarus
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
ClubDynamo Minsk
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Foil, women's team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Foil, women's team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Foil, women's team
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Foil, women's team
World Fencing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Gdansk Foil, team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Paris Foil, team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Moscow Foil, team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Moscow Foil, individual
Gold medal – first place 1970 Ankara Foil, team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Budapest Foil, team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Buenos Aires Foil, team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Montreal Foil, team
Silver medal – second place 1969 Havana Foil, team
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Budapest Foil, individual

Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (Russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

In 1962 Petrenko-Samusenko received a degree in engineering from a technical university in Minsk. In retirement she worked as a fencing coach.[3] She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Distinguished Labour" and Medal "For Labour Valour".[4]

In March 1996, while her flat was being robbed, Petrenko-Samusenko jumped from a second-floor balcony. A rough landing resulted in multiple fractures in her spine and legs. She never recovered, and died in January 2000.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko". databaseolympics.com.
  2. ^ "Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Самусенко Татьяна Дмитриевна. Olympics Encyclopedia
  4. ^ a b Самусенко (Петренко) Татьяна Дмитриевна (фехтование на рапирах) Archived 22 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. fence.by
Soviet foil team at the 1960 Olympics, Petrenko-Samusenko is 3rd from left
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