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Nina Yeryomina

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Nina Yeryomina
Personal information
Born2 November 1933 (1933-11-02)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died24 August 2016 (2016-08-25) (aged 82)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Soviet Union Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1956 Czechoslovakia Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Bulgaria Team

Nina Alekseevna Yeryomina (Russian: Ни́на Алексе́евна Ерёмина; 2 November 1933 – 24 August 2016)[1] was a Russian basketball player and sports commentator. She was a 1959 world champion, two-time European champion, four-time Soviet Union champion and Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1959).[2]

At the European Championships in 1960 in the three seconds before the end of the match against the Bulgarian national team, Eremina threw the ball, earning her the title of champion of the Soviet national team.[1]

In 2000, she played herself in the movie The Envy of Gods.

She died on 24 August 2016 in Moscow Oblast.[3]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b ""Три секунды, которые потрясли мир": в Подмосковье скончалась спортивный комментатор Нина Ерёмина" [Three seconds that shocked the world: sports commentator Nina Yeryomina passed away in the Moscow Oblast]. bloknot.ru (in Russian). 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Нина Ерёмина: спорт — это здорово" [Nina Yeryomina: Sports it's great]. ekskluziv-smi.ru (in Russian). October 2003. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Скончалась знаменитая чемпионка по баскетболу, экс-ведущая РЕН ТВ и программы "Время" Нина Ерёмина" [Famous basketball champion, former presenter of REN TV and the Vremya program Nina Yeryomina passed away]. ren.tv (in Russian). 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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