medals at the 1960 Olympics, and presented the gold one to Mironova as a token of gratitude. In 1960 Mironova also operated Yury Vlasov, who had developed carbuncles in his hips and had a high fever. Vlasov became a hero of the 1960 Olympics by winning the gold medal in heavyweight weightlifting. Mironova continued working with the Soviet national team at all Olympics up to 1980. She performed her last surgery in 1990, aged 77, and continued consulting doctors up to the age of 93. In 1976 and 1980 she received the Olympic Order (bronze grade) for her contribution to the Olympic movement, becoming the first Soviet person to receive the Olympic Order; she is also the only person from the Soviet Union to receive two Olympic Orders. Personal life In 1931 Mironova married her speed skating coach, the cyclist Pavel Mironov. Their both sons, Nikolai (born 1940) and Sergey (born 1948), became renown surgeons. Sergey took over her mother's department after her retirement in 1983. References 1913 births 2008 deaths Russian female speed skaters Russian sports physicians Russian orthopaedic surgeons Soviet female speed skaters Women surgeons 20th-century surgeons Soviet orthopedic surgeons Soviet women physicians Soviet sports physicians