Lyudmila Shishova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lyudmila Shishova

fencer

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1940

Place of Birth: Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 21-Feb-2003

Profession: fencer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lyudmila Shishova (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ??????; 1 June 1940 – 21 February 2004) was a Soviet fencer and fencing coach.
She won gold in the team foil at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Shishova tried several sports before coming to a fencing school in 1954.
From 1960 to 1964 she was a member of the Soviet foil team.
In 1969 she received a degree in gynecology from the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, and after retiring from competitions worked both as a gynecologist and a fencing coach.
Her husband, Vitaly Zinkov, and daughter Elvira Zinkova, both competed at the national level in fencing.