death_date death_place club birth_place weight height sport birth_date image article_title name
24 january 2000 minsk , belarus dynamo minsk minsk , belarus 57 kg lb on 1.61 m ftin on fencing 2 november 1938 tatyana petrenko-samusenko . jpg tatyana petrenko-samusenko
 tatyana petrenko-samusenko
tatyana petrenko-samusenko

tatyana petrenko-samusenko -lrb- ; 2 november 1938 -- 24 january 2000 -rrb- was a soviet fencer .
she won gold medlas in the team foil event at the 1960 , 1968 and 1972 summer olympics .
in 1962 petrenko-samusenko received a degree in engineering from a technical university in minsk .
in retirement she worked as a fencing coach .
she was awarded the order of the badge of honour , medal `` for distinguished labour '' and medal `` for labour valour '' .
in march 1996 , while her flat was being robbed , petrenko-samusenko jumped from a second-floor balcony .
a rough landing resulted in multiple fractures in her spine and legs .
she never recovered , and died in january 2000 .
