Nina Yeryomina

Nina Alekseevna Yeryomina (Russian: Ни́на Алексе́евна Ерёмина; 2 November 1933 – 24 August 2016)[1] was a Russian basketball player. She was a 1959 world champion, two-time European champion, four-time Soviet Union champion, Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1959), and sports commentator.[2]

Nina Yeryomina
Personal information
Born2 November 1933 (1933-11-02)
Died24 August 2016 (2016-08-25) (aged 82)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
1959 Soviet Union Team
European Championships
1956 Czechoslovakia Team
1960 Bulgaria Team

At the European Championships in 1960 in the three seconds before the end of the match with the Bulgarian national team Nina he has thrown the ball, which earned the title of champion of the Soviet national team.[1]

In 2000, she played herself in the movie The Envy of Gods.

She died on 24 August 2016 in the Moscow Oblast[3].

Awards
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References
  1. "«Три секунды, которые потрясли мир»: в Подмосковье скончалась спортивный комментатор Нина Ерёмина" [“Three seconds that shocked the world”: sports commentator Nina Eryomina died in the Moscow region]. bloknot.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
  2. "Нина Еремина: спорт — это здорово" [Nina Yeryomina: Sports - it's great]. ekskluziv-smi.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. "Скончалась знаменитая чемпионка по баскетболу, экс-ведущая РЕН ТВ и программы «Время» Нина Ерёмина" [Famous basketball champion, former presenter of REN TV and the Vremya program Nina Eryomina passed away]. ren.tv (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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