Larysa Aleksandrivna Karlova (, born 7 August 1958 in

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

) is a former

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

, in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

, and in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. One of the most outstanding players in the history of handball. In 1976, she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored one goal. Four years later, she was a member of the Soviet team which won the gold medal again. She played all five matches and scored 19 goals. In 1988, she won the bronze medal as part of the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored seven goals.

External links

Larysa Karlova at databaseOlympics.com
1958 births Living people Soviet female handball players Ukrainian female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Handball players from Kyiv Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Friendship Games medalists in handball Ukrainian expatriate handball players Goodwill Games medalists in handball Goodwill Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Expatriate handball players in Montenegro {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub