Inna Ryskal
Personal information
Full nameInna Valeryevna Ryskal
NicknameИнна Валерьевна Рыскаль
NationalitySoviet
Born (1944-06-15) 15 June 1944 (age 79)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bulgaria Team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Soviet Union Team
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Uruguay Team

Inna Valeryevna Ryskal (Russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль; born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR[1]) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku.[2]

She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup in row [1]. She achieved an Olympic silver medals in 1964 and 1976. She also won European Volleyball Championship in 1963, 1967 and 1971.[2] In 1972 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[2]

References

  1. ^ Рыскаль Инна Валериевна in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b c Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 576.

External links

Soviet Union squad – 1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal
Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Soviet Union squad – 1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Soviet Union squad – 1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal
Soviet Union squad – 1974 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal
Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
Members of the Volleyball Hall of Fame
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