Ravilja Salimova

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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[1] and the 1964 FIBA World Championship for Women.[2][3]

She was born in Shoʻrchi of the Surxondaryo Region, and died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ravilia SALIMOVA-PROKOPENKO". Archive. FIBA. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Ravila SALIMOVA". FIBA. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Скончалась легенда узбекского спорта, баскетболистка Равиля Салимова". kun.uz (in Russian). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.