Irina Shilova (born 22 February 1967 in

Hrodna Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, from Minsk, about from the border with Poland, and from the border with Lithuania. Grodno serves as the ad ...

) is a Belarusian

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and Olympic champion. She won gold medal for the Soviet Union in the

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at the

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. She has later competed for Belarus, and placed 9th in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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* * * * 1967 births Living people Soviet female sport shooters Belarusian female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Belarus Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Olympic shooters for the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Sportspeople from Grodno {{Belarus-sportshooting-bio-stub