- Valentina Grigoryeva
Valentina Grigoryeva is a former Soviet cross-country skier. [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_search.html?npc=URS&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Soviet Union at the Paralympics] , website of the
International Paralympic Committee ]She represented the Soviet Union at the
1988 Winter Paralympics inInnsbruck , and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ten kilometre events. She was the only Soviet athlete to win a medal at the Innsbruck Games, and, since this was the USSR's first and last appearance at theWinter Paralympics , Grigoryeva holds the distinction of being the only Soviet athlete ever to have won a Winter Paralympic medal. [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_search.html?npc=URS&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Soviet Union at the Paralympics] , website of the International Paralympic Committee]Grigoryeva did not compete again at the Paralympic Games. [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_search.html?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Grigoryeva&fname=Valentina&gender=f Valentina Grigoryeva] , website of the International Paralympic Committee]
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