Inna Ryskal
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union |
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| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | Team competition |
| Gold | 1972 Munich | Team competition |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Team competition |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | Team competition |
Inna Valerievna Ryskal (Russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku[1]) is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku.[2] With the USSR national team, she won an Olympic title in 1968 and 1972 and silver medals in 1964 and 1976. She also won the 1970 Volleyball World Championship and European Volleyball Championship in 1963, 1967 and 1971.[2] In 1972 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[2]
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- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, entry on "Рыскаль", available online
- ^ a b c Boris Khavin (1979) (in Russian). All about Olympic Games. (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. pp. 576.
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