Larisa Nikolayevna Tsaryova (also Tsareva, ; born 10 August 1958) is a retired Russian swimmer who won three bronze medals at the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the City-state, free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport. Medal table *Record(*) Results Diving ;Men ;Women S ...

. She competed in five events at the

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and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1976. In 1980, her freestyle relay was disqualified for improper changeover. She won three Soviet Championship titles in 1976 – 100 m freestyle, 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m combined and 100 m freestyle title in 1978. Currently, she is a deputy director of an Olympic boarding school in Moscow.Царева Лариса
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1958 births Living people Russian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Soviet female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub