Profile details
- Born
- 28 Jul 1947
- Birthplace
- Sovetskaya Gavan
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Height
- 176 cm
- Sport
- Fencing
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Women
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- ▸Order of Fatherland 3rd Class
- ▸Order of Friendship of Peoples
- ▸Order of the Badge of Honour
- ▸Pierre de Coubertin Medal
- ▸The Honored Coach of Belarus
- ▸Honorary citizen of Minsk
Competition Appearances
4 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·1980 Summer Olympics
- ·1976 Summer Olympics
- ·1972 Summer Olympics
- ·1968 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1968Competed at 1968 Summer Olympics
- 1972Competed at 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1976Competed at 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1980Competed at 1980 Summer Olympics
Statistics
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About
Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née Novikova, born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer, known professionally simply as Elena Belova. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the individual and team events and won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal, becoming the first female fencer to win four Olympic gold medals. She nearly won a fifth gold in 1976, but lost her last pool match to the last-placed fencer.
Biography adapted from Elena Belova on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.