Rafiga Mahmud qizi Shabanova (born October 31, 1943,

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player who competed in the

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. In 1976 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played three matches and scored one goal. In 2023, Shabanova received the Honorary Order award from Saleh Mammadov.

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Olympic Database profile
1943 births Living people Soviet female handball players Azerbaijani female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Baku Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet Azerbaijani people Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub