About Ravilja Salimova
Lived 1941 – 2019 (aged 77). Ravilja Salimova was an Uzbek and Russian basketball player.
Ravilja Salimova, also known as Ravilja Prokopenko (8 September 1941 – 3 July 2019) was an Uzbek basketball player who played in the Soviet Union women's national basketball teams which won the European women's basketball championship in 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1968 ,the 1964 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 1967 FIBA World Championship for Women.
She was born in Shoʻrchi of the Surxondaryo Region, and died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Who was Ravilja Salimova?
Uzbek basketball player (1941-)
When was Ravilja Salimova born?
Ravilja Salimova was born on 8 August 1941 in Shurchi.
When did Ravilja Salimova die?
Ravilja Salimova died on 3 July 2019 in Tashkent.
What was Ravilja Salimova's occupation?
Ravilja Salimova was a basketball player.
What nationality was Ravilja Salimova?
Ravilja Salimova was Uzbek and Russian.
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