Valentyna Lutayeva
Valentyna Lutayeva (born Valentyna Berzina; Ukrainian: Валентина Іванівна Лутаєва-Берзіна) was a Ukrainian handball player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was born on 18 June 1956 in Zaporizhzhia, then part of the Ukrainian SSR. Lutayeva played for the ZII Zaporozhie club and was a member of the Soviet women’s handball team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She stood 176 cm tall and weighed 75 kg during her playing career. Lutayeva passed away on 12 January 2023 at the age of 66.
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