Irina Lashko (; born 25 January 1973, in

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) is a Russian diver who, after her marriage with an Australian, became known as Irina Furler. Lashko competed in four

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, and represented four countries: the Soviet Union (1988), Unified Team (1992), Russia (1996) and Australia (2004). She won a total number of three Olympic medals, two silver and one bronze. Lashko was affiliated with the Melam Diving Club.

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* 1973 births Living people Australian female divers Soviet female divers Russian female divers Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Olympic divers for Russia Olympic divers for Australia Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Samara, Russia Russian emigrants to Australia Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Commonwealth Games gold medallists in diving Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Russia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub