Zebiniso RUSTAMOVA

During her sporting career as an archer which lasted nearly two decades, Zebinisso Rustamova from Tajikistan won Olympic bronze in 1976, was world individual and team champion in 1975 and team champion in 1985 and 1987, while taking team silver in 1977 and European team champion in 1976, 1984 and 1986, adding an individual bronze in 1976. Rustamova also won the indoor European team titles three times in a row (1983, 1985, 1987), while taking individual silvers in 1983 and 1986 and individual bronze in 1987. Rustamova also won two Soviet titles, in 1975 in the team event and in 1976 as an individual. After her sporting career, Rustamova worked as a sport official, serving as head of the Tajikistan State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports from 1986-95 and as the first president of the Tajikistan Olympic Committee from 1992-2000.