Ingrīda Amantova (born 21 June 1960 in Cēsis)[1] is a Latvian-born Soviet luger who competed during the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at Lake Placid, New York, in 1980 and finished fourth in the same event at the following Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. This was the only instances Soviet or Latvian athletes won Olympic medals in women's luge.[2]
 Amantova in 2015 | ||
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Representing the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Lake Placid | Women's singles |
Amantova's best overall Luge World Cup finish was second in 1982-3. She was three times the champion of Soviet Union in luge.[1]
She was mainly training on the domestic track near Sigulda. The track was open in the 1970s and became the first one in Soviet Union. Amantova belonged to the first generation of Soviet athletes who used the track and demonstrated top-level results.[3]
References
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edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ingrīda Amantova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Зарудный, Павел; Зеленков, Александр (25 February 2006). Золушки на ледяном желобе. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Фейн, Игорь (February 2006). Россия будет прирастать бобами. RE:АКЦИЯ (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
Sources
edit- Fuzilogik Sports - Winter Olympic results - Women's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
- Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007)
- List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)
External links
edit- Ingrīda Amantova at Olympedia
- Ingrīda Amantova at Olympics.com
- Ingrīda Amantova at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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