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Nina Gopova

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Nina Gopova
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Tampere K-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1973 Tampere K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1973 Tampere K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico City K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico City K-4 500 m

Nina Yuryevna Gopova-Trofimova (Russian: Нина Юрьевна Гопова-Трофимова; born 4 May 1953) is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-2 500 m event with a gold in 1976 and a silver in 1980.

Gopova also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 500 m and K-4 500 m: both 1973) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1974, K-2 500 m: 1973, K-4 500 m: 1974).

References

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  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Gopova-Trofimova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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