1998 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Main article: 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

This article lists the official squads for the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup in the Netherlands.

1998 Rugby World Cup Squads

Tournament details
Host nation	1998 Rugby World Cup Squads
Dates	1 May – 16 May
No. of nations	16
← 1994 2002 →

Pool A

England

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Susan Kathryn Appleby	Half-back	21 December 1970		Saracens
Nicola Brown	??	20 November 1971		Worcester
Gillian Ann Burns	??	12 July 1964		Waterloo
Janice Jones	??	20 August 1963
Helen Clayton	Flanker	17 June 1971		Saracens
Trudi Collins	??	1 May 1971		Saracens
Susan Margaret Day	Wing	29 October 1972		Wasps
Maxine Edwards	??	28 July 1966		Saracens
Claire Frost	??	22 March 1973		Saracens
Paula George (c)	??	20 October 1968		Wasps (c)
Claire Green	??	23 July 1972		Saracens
Katherine Knight	CE	18 December 1974		Old Leamingtonians
Emma Mitchell	??	13 April 1966		Saracens
Jayne Molyneux	??	21 October 1968		Waterloo
Teresa Jane O'Reilly	??	16 September 1964		Saracens
Nicola Jane Ponsford	??	6 October 1967		Saracens
Joanna Poore	??	4 August 1972		Richmond
Giselle Prangnell	??	19 April 1966
Sarah Robertson	??	21 January 1969		Leeds
Janis Ross	??	7 June 1962		Saracens
Terri Siwek	??	27 April 1966		Richmond
Jennifer Watkinson	??	30 October 1972
Philippa Atikson-Kennedy	??	13 December 1964
Georgia Ruth Stevens	??	13 June 1973		Clifton
Linda Uttley	??	26 October 1966		Wasps
Joanne Yapp	Scrum-half	6 September 1979		Worcester

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Canada

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Kirsten Todd	??	24 June 1973
Gillian Florence	??	30 April 1975
Josée Lacasse	Prop	9 March 1970
Julie Hickie	??	7 April 1974
Lee Fairclough	??	2 June 1973		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Terry Denike	??	18 August 1959
Joanne Gardner	??	18 April 1969
Maureen MacMahon	??	14 December 1970		Toronto Scottish[3]
Natascha Wesch	??	9 December 1970
Lynne Leclair (c)	??	12 January 1964		(c)
Gina Minutillo	??	18 July 1963		Ajax Wanderners[2]
Sherri Sparling	??	19 March 1969
Julie Foster	??	12 January 1969
Bethany Johnston	??	14 August 1968
Sue Asprey	??	27 July 1971		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Judith Begin	??	12 August 1964
Janet Burrell	??	6 June 1961
Annette Darby	??	30 April 1969
Anne Marie Fleming	??	11 February 1971		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Sarah Hall	??	13 June 1973		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Heather Hunt	Centre	16 October 1973	13	Toronto Scottish[4]
Moira Shiels	??	13 September 1966		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Rhea Stocki	??	8 November 1975
Tara Trussell	??	9 October 1975		Ajax Wanderers[2]
Christy Walsh	??	29 May 1971
Heather Wilson	??	29 January 1971

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Netherlands

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Katinka Abbenbroek	Scrum-half	30 June 1970
Helma Born	??	11 July 1972
Hagar Cappers	Prop	21 June 1973
Susan Dammers	Flanker	23 February 1970
Odile De Bruijn	??	26 November 1968
Louise De Jong	??	26 April 1969
Minke Docter	??	9 September 1975
Ginny Hamilton	??	24 November 1971
Sabine Hoefsloot	??	15 September 1972
Tessa Kocken	??	28 September 1975
Claudia Meppelink	??	1 November 1966
Judith Morrien	??	20 February 1969
Mariette Schmutzer	??	25 February 1966
Beatrice Terostra	??	30 August 1965
Wieneke Tielen	??	4 September 1971
Simone Torremans	??	7 March 1963
Sacha Van Baar	??	15 June 1976
Yvonne Van Delft	??	21 August 1971
Marion Van Den Hoogen	??	5 May 1973
IIse Van Der Vorst	??	26 May 1972
Annemiek Van Elk	??	1 October 1967
Luise Van Luix	??	21 October 1964
Felicie Van Vree	??	8 February 1967
Ann-Mieke Van Waweren	??	9 November 1964
Margret Veldscholten	??	28 March 1967
Kitty Vloemans	??	17 July 1973

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Sweden

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Ulrika Anderson-Hall	??	1 July 1973
Hanna Bagenholm	??
Hanna Bengtsson	??
Sussanne Bengtsson	??
Jennie Bohlin	??	29 July 1970
Katarina Boman	??	12 December 1973
Jane Hodson	??
Asa Jarl	??
Christina Johansson	??
Patrice Birgitta Johansson	??	14 March 1968
Joanna Kristrom	??
Anna Maria Larsson	??
Ylva Larsson	??
Ingrid Leijonhufund	??
Cecilia Ljungquist	??
Karin Ljungquist	??
Karin Mannerstedt	??
Veronica Mentzer	??
Sara Nordgren	??
Annika Petterson	??
Maria Robertsson	??
Anna Frida Ryberg	??	14 July 1978
Johanna Saveros	??
Camilla Sawar	??
Louise Vaerlin	??
Emma Zingmark	??

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Pool B

United States

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Shalanda Baker	Fullback	(1976-12-24)24 December 1976 (aged 21)	1	U.S. Air Force Academy
Jos Bergman	Fly-half	20 February 1969
Barbara Bond	Number 8	9 August 1962
Stacy Boyle	??	14 October 1974
Carol Burdick	??
Jennifer Crawford	Centre	25 July 1964
Tammy Eckert	??
Nancy Fitz	??
Sheri Hunt	??
Pamela Irby	??
Patricia Marie Jervey	Centre	29 March 1964
Michelle Johnson	??
Kim Kaleiwahine	??
Elizabeth Kirk	??
Keirsten Lawton	??
Krista McFarren	??
Candice Maria Orsini	??
Meredith Ottens	??
Erina Queen	??
Jennifer Renne	??
Lisa Rowe	??
Diane Schnapp	??
May Sorensen	??
Terese Taylor	??
Tricia Turton	??
Amy Westerman	??
Alexandra Williams	??

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Spain

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Olatz Fernández de Arroyabe	Hooker	18 March 1970
Beatriz Muriel	Hooker	20 September 1976
Cristina López	Prop	20 February 1976
Olga Pons	Prop	25 August 1969
Cristina Valdés	Prop	19 April 1973
Nancy Rebecca Villarroya	Prop	15 February 1969
Elena Díez	Second row	10 February 1972
Marta Gran	Second row	25 November 1968
Lourdes López	Second row	30 October 1969
Pilar López	Second row	26 October 1971
Karitte Alegría	Back row	10 March 1971
Meritxell Basté	Back row	20 December 1970
Mercedes Batidor	Back row	21 July 1972
Teresa Fuster	Back row	28 October 1974
Rosa Calafat (c)	Scrum-half	28 May 1970
Inés Etxegibel	Scrum-half	7 January 1974
Paz Estevan	Fly-half	15 September 1970
Coral Vila	Fly-half	2 July 1972
Rocío Ramírez	Centre	3 November 1969
Rosanna Ros	Centre	28 April 1965
Raquel Socías	Centre	7 October 1975
Maria Isabel Pérez	Wing	13 December 1979
Otilia Roca	Wing	14 September 1968
Ariadna Selga	Wing	28 March 1974
Susana Monclús (vc)	Fullback	4 July 1967
Montserrat Poza	Fullback	17 August 1977

The following players are on reserve in case of withdrawals from the squad:

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Aroa González	Hooker	19 April 1979
Elena Saura	Second row	25 February 1973
Iraide Manzano	Back row	2 June 1966
Beltxa Villalobos	Centre	11 June 1973
Beatriz Jiménez	Wing	20 July 1970
Paloma Loza	Fullback	11 May 1965

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Wales

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Antonia Antoniazzi	??	5 October 1971		Waterloo
Geraldine Baylis	??	14 May 1968		Saracens
Liza Jane Burgess	??	24 March 1964		Saracens
Sue Calnan	??	20 May 1963		Cheltenham
Tracey Comley	??	22 April 1974		Ty-Croes
April Dent	??	28 February 1974		Waterloo
Claire Donovan	??	13 September 1971		Saracens
Sue Ellis	??	10 June 1962		Richmond
Bess Evans	??	3 September 1966		Cardiff Harlequins
Non Evans	??	20 June 1974		Cardiff Harlequins
Philippa Evans	??	23 July 1968		Swansea Uplands
Eleanor Green	??	23 June 1973		Saracens
Nadine Griffiths	??	19 July 1974		Cardiff Harlequins
Jamie Kifi	??	25 November 1978		Cardiff Harlequins
Dawn Mason	??	22 April 1972		Waterloo
Jacqueline Morgan	??	23 March 1964		Cardiff Harlequins
Rhonwen Owens	??	12 December 1970		Swansea Uplands
Sandra Phillips	??	4 May 1975		Aberystwyth
Lisa Pritchard	??	3 October 1975		Cardiff Harlequins
Louise Rickard	??	31 December 1970		Aberystwyth
Julia Robinson	??	13 February 1975		Aberystwyth
Emily Steer	??	2 July 1974		Swansea Uplands
Jenna Studley	??	17 January 1979		Blaenau Gwent
Sarah Thomas	??	20 July 1973		Waterloo

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Russia

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Larisa Aksyonova	??	26 July 1968
Oksana Aksyonova	??	5 April 1978
Maria Bakhtyzina	??	18 July 1981
Oksana Bogatch	??	24 April 1973
Anna Braznikova	??	29 January 1976
Yanina Erokhina	??	14 May 1977
Ira Fomina	??	16 September 1979
Galina Ghasovnikova	??	6 December 1970
Sveta Golovko	??	17 December 1968
Elena Kalinina	??	26 September 1975
Olga Kaplunova	??	2 July 1973
Anatoly Khodakovsky	??	29 June 1964
Sveta Krivoshapova	??	17 November 1966
Elena Lebedenko	??
Fyodor Levashoff	??
Sveta Moziarkina	??	1 November 1977
Natalia Puzina	??	13 September 1974
Ksenia Shchuckina	??	22 May 1976
Evgenia Solovyova	??	10 May 1970
Maria Tereschchenko	??	10 October 1970
Olga Trushkova	??	26 April 1973
Elena Vasilyeva	??
Elena Vasko	??	25 December 1979
Natalia Zagaderchuk	??	21 December 1975
Elena Zaikina	??	30 June 1969

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Pool C

New Zealand

Coach: Darryl Suasua

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Monalisa Codling	Lock	20 April 1977
Vanessa Cootes	Wing	26 July 1969
Maree Edwards	Scrum-half	8 February 1975
Janet Heenan	Flanker	29 July 1969
Monique Hirovanaa	Scrum-half	25 May 1966
Fiona King	Lock	1 February 1972
Kellie Kiwi	Scrum-half	31 January 1972
Dianne Kahura	Wing	1 May 1969
Toni Konui	Hooker	6 November 1966
Brigitta Lotu-Iiga	Flanker	9 February 1968
Rochelle Martin	Number 8	28 March 1975
Jacinta Nielsen	Flanker	30 May 1972
Farah Palmer	Hooker	27 November 1972
Anna Richards	Fly-half	3 December 1964
Fiona Richards	Lock	23 December 1970
Melodie Robinson	Flanker	25 May 1973
Annaleah Rush	Fullback	15 April 1976
Regina Sheck	Prop	9 November 1969
Exia Edwards	Wing	12 November 1975
Suzy Shortland	Centre	23 January 1974
Emma Thomas	Prop	6 November 1958
Cheryl Waaka	Loose forward	12 May 1970
Louisa Wall	Wing	17 February 1972
Tracey Waters	Prop	28 August 1973
Davida White	Flanker	26 March 1967
Tammy Wilson	Fullback	29 September 1973

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Scotland

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Janyne Apseth	Flanker	3 November 1969		Edinburgh Academicals
Elizabeth Allsopp	Prop	24 March 1970		Edinburgh Wanderers
Louise Blamire	Scrum-half	20 December 1969		Edinburgh Academicals
Sue Brodie	Wing	6 December 1962		Edinburgh Academicals
Gill Cameron	Second row	22 February 1975		Edinburgh Wanderers
Michelle Cave	Fullback			Saracens
Paula Chalmens	Scrum-half	8 June 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Alison Christie	Prop	1 December 1969		Richmond
Lee Cockburn	Second row	17 May 1968		Edinburgh Academicals
Kim Craigie	Centre	28 December 1975		Edinburgh Wanderers
Denise Fairbairn	Wing	12 May 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Karen Ross Findlay	Prop	27 May 1968		Richmond
Claire Herriot	Wing	14 October 1973		Edinburgh Academicals
Sarah Higgins	Fly-half	18 October 1972		Edinburgh Academicals
Donna Kennedy	Back row	16 February 1972		Edinburgh Wanderers
Rimma Lewis	Fly-half	30 September 1970		Edinburgh Wanderers
Kim Littlejohn (c)	Centre	22 November 1970		Leeds
Ali Mackenzie	Hooker	22 February 1972		Glasgow Southern
Alison McGrandles	Fly-half	12 July 1972		Leeds
Mags McHardy	Second row	10 April 1974		Edinburgh Academicals
Pogo Paterson	Centre	1 December 1969		Richmond
Sheila Scott	Hooker	20 December 1967		Edinburgh Wanderers
Jennifer Sheerin	Flanker	21 May 1973		Richmond
Julie Taylor	Prop	30 January 1970		Edinburgh Academicals
Irene Wilson	Flanker	30 January 1967		Alton

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Italy

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Paola Agostonelli	??	3 June 1977
Elena Bisetto	??	17 November 1969
Federica Bortolato	??	6 October 1966
Samantha Botter	??	6 August 1970
Marta Breda	??	25 May 1962
Giuliana Campanella	??	4 November 1976
Bruna Collodo	??	14 October 1962
Adelina Corbanese	??	28 March 1966
Patrizia Costa Pisani	??	13 December 1968
Lara Fabbri	??	8 April 1970
Daniela Gini	??	14 August 1977
Annonziata Longobardo	??	16 July 1976
Caterina Maschera	??	14 March 1973
Sabrina Melis	??	5 April 1970
Lorena Nave	??	5 December 1963
Carla Negri	??	10 November 1964
Chiara Peguiron	??	3 November 1977
Silvia Pizzati	??	7 November 1975
Anna Posceddo	??	2 October 1967
Enrica Quaglio	??	10 March 1972
Antonella Rossetti	??	30 June 1962
Adriana Sferragatta	??	19 February 1972
Licia Stefan	??	22 September 1976
Sedra Tartagni	??	22 August 1964
Michela Tondinello	??	15 January 1972
Maria Cristina Tonna	??	12 July 1969
Monica Zanetti	??	21 January 1980

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Germany

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Doris Albers	??	30 April 1974
Renee Brendel-Konrad	??
Petra Drachenberg	??	30 April 1970
Barbara Frauenfeld	??	9 August 1970
Cornelia Golka	??	19 April 1963
Anja Henning	??	12 May 1969
Monika Hezinger	??	10 June 1974
Maren Hulverscheidt	??	27 October 1970
Petra Jordan-Bader	??	12 February 1970
Nicola Jorn	??	12 April 1970
Claudia Kleinert	??	7 July 1968
Andrea Kunkel	??	2 April 1969
Stefanie Lutge	??	6 June 1973
Nanette Mathes	??	25 April 1967
Susanne Meurer	??	11 June 1970
Franziska Ruter	??	21 February 1969
Antje Sanna	??	6 October 1966
Anke Schmette	??	22 April 1963
Susanne Schneider	??	5 May 1967
Olga Schneidewind	??	8 December 1973
Kerstin Uphoff	??	19 January 1974
Susanne Weidemann	??	21 December 1969
Petra Wenner	??	1 September 1969
Manuela Wiedemann	??	13 July 1971
Meike Zimmer	??	31 May 1976
Susanne Zubrod	??	24 August 1967

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Pool D

Australia

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Elizabeth Andrew	??	2 November 1971
Holly Birch	??	11 February 1972
Karen Bucholz	??	17 January 1964
Bronwyn Calvert	??	29 May 1969
Lisa-Jane Dwan	??	24 September 1969
Kerri Louise Ferris	??	9 January 1970
Mieke Fortune	??	4 January 1977
Bronwyn Hart	??	17 September 1973
Christine Henson	??	29 February 1964
Bronwyn Laidlaw (c)	??	27 December 1974		(c)
Melissa Latu	??	31 July 1973
Perise Ili	??	7 November 1972
Bronwyn Mackintosh	??	24 June 1970
Ronnie May	??	21 October 1972
Sherilee Moulds	??	29 May 1972
Sharon O'Kane	??	27 September 1976
Tui Ormsby	??	20 January 1978
Tanya Osborne	??	2 April 1971
Pearl Palaiali'i	??	7 January 1970
Naomi Roberts	??	20 March 1970
Shirley Russell	??	31 December 1967
Helen Taylor	??	20 August 1964
Helen Theunissen	??	14 June 1966
Rebecca Wakim	??	5 August 1972
Nicole Wickert	??	13 September 1968
Selena Worsley	??	18 April 1975

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France

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Anne Alaphilippe	??	28 December 1965
Nelly Barsacq	??	25 May 1979
Nathalie Bertrank	??	5 May 1968
Nathalie Bie	??	29 August 1969
Valerie Bouillon	??	7 August 1968
Sabine D'Andrea	??	5 February 1968
Aline Decayeux	??	2 September 1967
Carole Durand-Laurier	??	27 June 1966
Juliette Esclavard	??	27 October 1970
Anne Etien (c)	??	9 September 1967		(c)
Laurence Gagliardini	??	30 May 1974
Annick Hayraud	??	9 September 1967
Danièle Irazu	??	12 December 1974
Pascale Laclau	??	31 January 1972
Elodie Lafitte	??	16 February 1975
Sonia Mas	??	13 April 1974
Elodie Celine Maybon	??	17 July 1977
Nathalie Paquet	??	31 October 1971
Magvenn Poupart	??	4 October 1970
Stéphanie Provost	Scrum-half	27 May 1973
Karine Quesada	??	10 November 1974
Chloe Rouanet	??	2 October 1973
Delphine Rousssel	??	6 June 1966
Odile Autret-Sorel	??	6 May 1973

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Ireland

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Olivia Brown	??	14 December 1977
Ruth Burn	??	24 March 1972
Carole Byrne	??	27 December 1969
Deborah Campbell	??	5 October 1974
Niamh Collins	??	1 February 1971
Sinead Cosgrave	??	29 March 1968
Maura Coulter	??	18 January 1970
Rachel Currie	??	14 April 1974
Fiona Devaney	??	14 April 1976
Aisling Dillon	??	10 April 1968
Karen Eagleson	??	13 September 1974
Cath Evans	??	27 April 1965
Joss Hanrahan	??	28 March 1973
Katheryn Hennessy	??	21 December 1963
Jacqui Horan	??	15 May 1975
Theresa Kennedy	??	14 February 1969
Marie Kerrin	??	6 August 1969
Marie Myles	??	28 November 1966
Melanie Nash	??	16 April 1965
Fiona Neary	??	18 September 1977
Laura Nicholl	??	27 November 1979
Diane Nixon	??	19 October 1972
Lorraine Noade	??	8 June 1967
Jackie O'Brian	??	29 September 1961
Ciara O'Connell	??	15 June 1973
Jean O'Gorman	??	21 February 1975
Annie Parsons	??	27 October 1965
Sue Ramsbottom	??	11 July 1973		Galwegians
Caroline Reid	??	7 August 1978
Rachel Reid	??	23 January 1972
Realtine Shrieves	??	16 March 1967
Helen Siwek	??	27 January 1963
Fiona Steed	??	28 April 1972
Joan Whiteside	??	21 May 1969
Elaine Witt	??	24 May 1970

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Kazakhstan

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rimma Aivpova	??	26 October 1964
Tatyana Ashikhmina	??	11 August 1974
Natalya Baibaytrova	??	19 September 1973
Irina Chernenko	??	9 November 1978
Olga Chukreeva	??	24 November 1975
Larissa Chuprikova	??	22 October 1978
Yelena Dadasheva	??	11 April 1970
Akkumys Duzelbayeva	??	5 September 1973
Larisa Kalinichenko	??	12 December 1956
Svetlana Khokhlova	??	24 February 1971
Nataliya Kiseleva	??	20 May 1973
Lyubov Klepikova	??	28 January 1975
Nataliya Kovalevskya	??	12 January 1970
Olga Kumanikina	??	14 August 1974
Elena Milovanova	??	6 November 1978
Ulzhan Mussabayeva	??	25 November 1966
Alfiya Mustafina	??	14 May 1969
Anna Nedospassova	??	11 January 1976
Valentina Nezbudey	??	30 January 1970
Elena Nicolaenko	??	30 March 1973
Elena Onischenko	??	24 March 1966
Irina Pupkova	??	24 February 1971
Olga Rudoy	??	7 January 1963
Nataliya Shatskikh	??	10 May 1978
Luymila Shitenko	??	19 November 1977
Alfiya Tamaeva	??	9 October 1975
Svetlana Karatygina	??	11 May 1974

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