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Irina Kalinina (director)
Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina (Ирина Владимировна Калинина; born February 8, 1959) is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won the gold medal in Women's 3 metre springboard."1980 Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Diving" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 26 September 2008) Sports career At , she was fourth on the platform and seventh on the 3m springboard. At 1980 Olymp ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving (sport)
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime. Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness. Some professional divers were originally gymnasts or dancers as both the sports have similar characteristics to diving. Dmitri Sautin holds the record for most Olympic diving medals won, by winning eight medals in total between 1992 and 2008. History Plunging Although diving has been a popular pastime across the world since ancient times, the first modern diving competitions were held in England in the 1880s. The exact origins of the sport are unclear, though it likely derives from the act of diving at the start of swimming races.Wilson, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1979 Summer Universiade
The Diving competition in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico. Medal overview Medal table References * {{Events at the 1979 Summer Universiade 1979 Summer Universiade 1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ... 1979 in diving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Aquatics Championships Medalists In Diving
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** Citizenship of the European Union ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Female Divers
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev ( Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent ( Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata ( Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Female Divers
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Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The International Swimming Hall Of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the st ... is a history museum and hall of fame, serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world. List of the members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of the members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame: References {{Reflist External links Official ISHOF website *' *' *' *' Lists of swimmers Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sports halls of fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Bazhina
Nadezhda Valeryevna Bazhina (russian: Надежда Валерьевна Бажина; born 29 December 1987) is a Russian diver. She won the 3 m springboard event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships and at the 2014 European Aquatics Championship. In the Rio 2016 Olympics, she flopped on her dive after a slip from the board, resulting in a zero score. Bazhina won her first WC medal at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There she won silver losing only to Australian Maddison Keeney Maddison Keeney (born 23 May 1996) is an Australian diver. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games, and silver medals at the .... References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Russian female divers Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Russia Sportspeople from Penza W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Studio For Documentary Film
Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film () is a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. It is headquartered in Moscow. History Studio traced its history from 1927, when a special newsreel division of Sovkino was formed. In 1931 it was reorganized into All-Union Newsreel Factory (). Since 1936 known as Moscow Newsreel Studio, and since 1940 as Central Newsreel Studio. From 1944 until 1993, it was known as Central Studio for Documentary Film or CSDF (russian: Центральная студия документальных фильмов, ЦСДФ). In Soviet Union, the CSDF was responsible for some newsreel series, like: * News of the Day / "Новости дня", * Foreign Newsreel / "Иностранная кинохроника", * Soviet Sports / "Советский спорт", * Soviet Cinema / "Советское кино", * Pioneria / "Пионерия" In 1944–1946 the studio director was Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penza State University
Penza State University (russian: Пензенский государственный университет) is a state university in the city of Penza. It was founded in 1943. The university has nine faculties and five institutes. History Formed on the basis evacuated to Penza Odessa Industrial Institute by Order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On the resumption of the activities of the Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" signed on July 3, 1943. The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on November 1, 1943, comprising 11 departments. In 1959, by order of the Minister of Higher Education, Penza Industrial Institute was renamed the Penza Polytechnic Institute, and on the basis of the construction department was formed as Penza Civil Engineering Institute. On July 5, 1993 by order of the Chairman of the State Committee for Higher Education Penza Polytechnic Institute was renam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party (1976), Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
