Lyudmila Shishova (; 1 June 1940 – 21 February 2004) was a Soviet fencer and fencing coach. She won gold in the team foil at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Shishova tried several sports before coming to a fencing school in 1954. From 1960 to 1964 she was a member of the Soviet foil team. In 1969 she received a degree in gynecology from the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, and after retiring from competitions worked both as a gynecologist and a fencing coach. Her husband, Vitaly Zinkov, and daughter Elvira Zinkova, both competed at the national level in fencing. References External links 1940 births 2004 deaths Russian female foil fencers Soviet female foil fencers Olympic fencers of the Soviet Union Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod