Irina Turova

Irina Turova

Personal information
Born	(1935-05-14)14 May 1935 Leningrad, Russia
Died	8 February 2012(2012-02-08) (aged 76) Moscow, Russia
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint, long jump
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.6 (1954) 200 m – 24.2 (1956) LJ – 6.00 m (1956)[1]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union European Championships 1954 Bern 100 m 1954 Bern 4×100 m 1954 Bern 200 m

Irina Robertovna Turova (later Bochkaryova and Mordovtseva, Russian: Ирина Робертовна Турова-Бочкарёва; 14 May 1935 – 8 February 2012) was a Soviet sprinter. She placed fourth in the 4×100 m relay at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.^[2]

Turova was coached by her parents, who competed nationally in various track events, including sprint.^[3] Her son Pyotr Bochkaryov became an Olympic pole vaulter.^[2]

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