She won three gold medals in the 1960s but was the focus of speculation about her gender. She retired after pulling out of a track meet that would have required a sex test.She won three gold medals in the 1960s but was the focus of speculation about her gender. She retired after pulling out of a track meet that would have required a sex test.Press, Tamara, Deaths (Obituaries), Track and Field, Gender, Athletics and Sports, Intersex, Women and Girls, Shot Put, World Athletics, Press, Irina (1939-2004), Olympic Games (1960), Olympic Games (1964), USSR (Former Soviet Union)Read More
