Inna Ryskal

Inna Ryskal
Personal information
Full name	Inna Valeryevna Ryskal
Nickname	Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль
Nationality	Soviet
Born	(1944-06-15) 15 June 1944 (age 80) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Medal record Women's volleyball Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team 1972 Munich Team 1964 Tokyo Team 1976 Montreal Team World Championship 1970 Bulgaria Team 1962 Soviet Union Team 1974 Mexico Team FIVB World Cup 1973 Uruguay Team

Inna Valeryevna Ryskal (Russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль; born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR^[1]) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku.^[2]

She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup in row [1]. She achieved an Olympic silver medals in 1964 and 1976. She also won European Volleyball Championship in 1963, 1967 and 1971.^[2] In 1972 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.^[2]

• Inna Ryskal at Olympics.com
• Inna Ryskal at Olympedia

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