 Tamara Sosnova in 1966 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1949-12-18)18 December 1949 Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2011(2011-08-10) (aged 61) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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Tamara Mikhaylovna Sosnova (Russian: Тамара Михайловна Соснова; 18 December 1949 – 10 August 2011) was a Soviet freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals. Between 1964 and 1968 she won 10 national championships and set 21 national records in 100 m (1), 200 m (4), 400 m (8), 800 m (3), 1500 m (1) and freestyle relays (4).
She was the younger sister of Galina Sosnova. After marriage, she changed her last name to Kravchenko (Russian: Кравченко). Her husband, Vladimir Kravchenko, also competed in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. After retiring from swimming she taught at the Russian State Agricultural University.
References
- EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). gbrathletics.com
- ^ "Tamara Sosnova". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- Сильнейшие советские пловцы. swimmingmasters.narod.ru (in Russian)
- Соснова Тамара. ussr-swimming.ru
External links
- Profile at Infosport.ru (in Russian)
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- 1949 births
- Swimmers from Moscow
- Soviet female swimmers
- Russian female swimmers
- Soviet female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 2011 deaths
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