About Nina Yeryomina
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 82). Nina Yeryomina was a Russian basketball player and journalist.
Nina Alekseevna Yeryomina (; 2 November 1933 – 24 August 2016) was a Russian basketball player and sports commentator. She was a 1959 world champion, two-time European champion, four-time Soviet Union champion and Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.
Biography At the European Championships in 1960 in the three seconds before the end of the match against the Bulgarian national team, Eremina threw the ball, earning her the title of champion of the Soviet national team.
Awards Order of the Badge of Honour Medal For Labour Valour Jubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Merited Master of Sport of the USSR
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Who was Nina Yeryomina?
Soviet-Russian basketball player (1933-2016)
When was Nina Yeryomina born?
Nina Yeryomina was born on 2 November 1933 in Moscow.
When did Nina Yeryomina die?
Nina Yeryomina died on 24 August 2016 in Moscow Oblast.
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Nina Yeryomina was a basketball player and journalist.
What nationality was Nina Yeryomina?
Nina Yeryomina was Russian.
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