Zoya Sergeyevna Mironova was a Russian speed skater and sports surgeon, one of the founders of the sports traumatology in the Soviet Union.
14 Facts About Zoya Mironova
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Zoya Mironova was the head surgeon of the Soviet Olympic team between 1952 and 1976, and personally operated Olympic champions including Valentin Muratov, Sofia Muratova, Yury Vlasov, Alexander Yakushev and Aleksandr Karshakevich.
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Zoya Mironova had her first field experience with sports injuries in 1938, when she worked as a doctor at an intercity cycling road race.
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Zoya Mironova's plans were interrupted by World War II, during which she operated wounded soldiers in Moscow.
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Zoya Mironova selected his assistants among former athletes such as Mironova.
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For political reasons, neither Priorov nor Mironova were allowed to travel abroad.
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The ban on Zoya Mironova was lifted only in 1956, when she presented a report on Achilles tendon surgeries at an international sports medicine conference in Luxembourg.
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Zoya Mironova later attended the 1956 Summer Olympics as the head surgeon for the Soviet team.
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Besides the knee, Zoya Mironova was a specialist in injuries of the shoulder and Achilles tendon.
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Later in 1960 Zoya Mironova performed a knee surgery on Valentin's wife, Sofia Muratova.
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In 1960 Zoya Mironova operated Yury Vlasov, who had developed carbuncles in his hips and had a high fever.
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Zoya Mironova continued working with the Soviet national team at all Olympics up to 1980.
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Zoya Mironova performed her last surgery in 1990, aged 77, and continued consulting doctors up to the age of 93.
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In 1931 Zoya Mironova married her speed skating coach, the cyclist Pavel Mironov.