Valentyna Bolshova

Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bolshova (Ukrainian: Валенти́на Анато́ліївна Большо́ва; Russian: Валенти́на Анато́льевна Большо́ва; née Maslovskaya; 30 January 1937 – 21 May 2023) was a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union.^[1]

Valentyna Maslovskaya

Personal information
Native name	Валенти́на Анатоліївна Масло́вська
Birth name	Valentyna Anatoliyivna Maslovskaya
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1937-01-30)30 January 1937 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	21 May 2023(2023-05-21) (aged 86) Palafrugell, Spain
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event	200 metres

Maslovskaya was the wife of Soviet athlete Viktor Bolshov, mother of Soviet-Moldovan athlete Olga Bolșova, and grandmother of Moldovan-Spanish tennis player Aliona Bolșova. Maslovskaya died on 21 May 2023 in Spain; she was previously misreported to have died in 2002.^[2]