Irina Kirichenko
Soviet cyclist (1937–2020)
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Born | (1937-06-13)13 June 1937 Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 March 2020(2020-03-11) (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irina Ivanovna Kirichenko (Russian: Ири́на Ива́новна Кириче́нко; 13 June 1937 – 11 March 2020) was a Soviet sprint cyclist who won two gold, four silver and one bronze medal at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1962–1969. Between 1960 and 1969 she also won 10 national titles. After retirement from competitions she worked as a cycling coach in Kharkiv.[1][2]
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UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's sprint
- 1958–61: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1962: Valentina Savina
- 1963: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1964: Irina Kirichenko
- 1965: Valentina Savina
- 1966: Irina Kirichenko
- 1967: Valentina Savina
- 1968: Alla Bagiyanz
- 1969–71: Galina Tsareva
- 1972: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1973: Sheila Young
- 1974: Tamara Piltsikova
- 1975: Sue Novara-Reber
- 1976: Sheila Young
- 1977–79: Galina Tsareva
- 1980: Sue Novara-Reber
- 1981: Sheila Young
- 1982–84: Connie Paraskevin
- 1985: Isabelle Nicoloso
- 1987: Erika Salumäe
- 1989: Erika Salumäe
- 1990: Connie Paraskevin
- 1991: Ingrid Haringa
- 1993: Tanya Dubnicoff
- 1994: Galina Yenyukhina
- 1995–99: Félicia Ballanger
- 2000: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2001: Svetlana Grankovskaya
- 2002: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2003–04: Svetlana Grankovskaya
- 2005: Victoria Pendleton
- 2006: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2007–10: Victoria Pendleton
- 2011: Anna Meares
- 2012: Victoria Pendleton
- 2013: Becky James
- 2014–15: Kristina Vogel
- 2016: Zhong Tianshi
- 2017–18: Kristina Vogel
- 2019: Lee Wai-sze
- 2020–21: Emma Hinze
- 2022: Mathilde Gros
- 2023: Emma Finucane