Lyudmila Shishova
Fencer (1940–2004)
- Born
- 1 June 1940, Nizhny Novgorod
- Died
- 21 February 2004, Nizhny Novgorod
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer
- Height
- 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 54 kg (119 lb)
Lyudmila Shishova (Russian: Людмила Николаевна Шишова; 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.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – women's team foil | 1960 | |
| fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – women's team foil | 1964 |
Awards and honours
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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