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Valentina Tereshkova
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Sex
Female
Full name
Valentina Vladimirovna•Tereshkova
Used name
Valentina•Tereshkova
Original name
Валентина Владимировна•Терешкова
Born
6 March 1937 in
Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl (RUS)
NOC
Russian Federation
Special Notes
Bearer of the
Olympic Flag
at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics