Background
Petushkova, Elena was born on November 17, 1940 in Moscow.
Petushkova, Elena was born on November 17, 1940 in Moscow.
Moscow State University.
After her career she became vice president of the Soviet Union Olympic Committee between 1983 and 1991, while she was president of the Russian Equestrian Federation from 1996 to 1999 and was the head coach of the Russian National Dressage Team since 1997. After graduating from a secondary school with the gold medal in 1957 she entered the Department of Biology of Moscow State University. She graduated from there with honors in 1963 and after studying in the aspirantura of the Scientific Research Institute of Pharmacology and Medicine by the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Medical Sciences for two years, received Candidate of Biology Sciences scientific degree.
Between 1966 and 1976 she was a junior research worker and between 1976 and 1991 - a senior research worker at the chair of biochemistry of the Department of Biology of Moscow State University.
In 1991 Petushkova became a senior research worker at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Science, working there until 1997. She authored more than 60 publications in Soviet and international journals of biochemistry and wrote a monograph "An Introduction to the Kinetics of Enzymic Reactions" in 1982.
At the age of 66 she died after long illness.
Petushkova became a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Team in 1964 and competed for it until 1987.