Rosa Salikhova

Rosa Salikhova
Personal information
Full nameRosa Galyamovna Salikhova
Born (1944-09-24) 24 September 1944
Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team
1972 Munich Team
World Championship
1970 Bulgaria Team
1974 Mexico Team
FIVB World Cup
1973 Uruguay Team

Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (Russian: Роза Галямовна Салихова, Tatar: Роза Галләм кызы Салихова; born 24 September 1944) is a former volleyball player for the USSR.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosa Salikhova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "Roza Salikhova".