Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina (Ирина Владимировна Калинина; born 8 February 1959) is a former

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

diver and olympic champion. She competed at the

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, 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

1976 Montreal Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal w ...

, she was fourth on the platform and seventh on the 3m springboard. At 1980 Olympics in Moscow she became the champion on the springboard. She was a three-time world champion, won 5 medals at the European Championships. She was a 20-time prize-winner of the USSR championships. In 1980 she graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education

Penza State University Penza State University () is a state university in the city of Penza. It was founded in 1943. The university has nine faculties and five institutes. History It was founded on the basis of the Odessa Industrial Institute, which was relocated to ...

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pnzgu.ru (06.09.2019). Дата обращения 27 января 2021 She worked as an athlete-coach of the USSR national team in diving in 1972-84. From 1984 she worked as a teaching coach at Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve. In 1984 she left the big sport. In 1984, the documentary “And all over again, every time” (directed by T. Chubakova) about the end of her career and the beginning of coaching was shot at CSDF.

Coaching career

On completing her career, she works as a coach in Penza. She is an Honoured Coach of Russia. Her husband Valery Bazhin is a former diver, World-Class Master of Sports of the USSR, Honoured Coach of Russia. Her daughter

Nadezhda Bazhina Nadezhda Valeryevna Bazhina (; 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 he ...

is a diver, World-Class Master of Sports of Russia, European champion, participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In honour of Irina Kalinina, since 1988 an annual diving competition has been held in Penza.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinina, Irina 1959 births Living people Russian female divers Soviet female divers European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Russian diving coaches Penza State University alumni Sportspeople from Penza 20th-century Russian sportswomen

Sports career

Coaching career

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