Tamara Sosnova
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Born | Moscow, Soviet Union | 18 December 1949|||||||||||||
Died | 10 August 2011 Moscow, Russia | (aged 61)|||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Club | Spartak Moscow | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1] She also competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals.[2] 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).[3]
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.[2] After retiring from swimming she taught at the Russian State Agricultural University.[4]
References[]
- ^ EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). gbrathletics.com
- ^ a b "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 of the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 2011 deaths
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