Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko

Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko

Personal information
Born	(1938-11-02)2 November 1938 Minsk, Belarus
Died	24 January 2000(2000-01-24) (aged 61) Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Dynamo Minsk
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Foil, women's team 1968 Mexico City Foil, women's team 1972 Munich Foil, women's team 1964 Tokyo Foil, women's team World Fencing Championships 1963 Gdansk Foil, team 1965 Paris Foil, team 1966 Moscow Foil, team 1966 Moscow Foil, individual 1970 Ankara Foil, team 1959 Budapest Foil, team 1962 Buenos Aires Foil, team 1967 Montreal Foil, team 1969 Havana Foil, team 1959 Budapest Foil, individual

Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (Russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medlas in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1][2][3]

In 1962 Petrenko-Samusenko received a degree in engineering from a technical university in Minsk. In retirement she worked as a fencing coach.^[3] She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Distinguished Labour" and Medal "For Labour Valour".^[4]

In March 1996, while her flat was being robbed, Petrenko-Samusenko jumped from a second-floor balcony. A rough landing resulted in multiple fractures in her spine and legs. She never recovered, and died in January 2000.^[4]

References

Soviet foil team at the 1960 Olympics, Petrenko-Samusenko is 3rd from left

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