Irina Laricheva (swimmer)

Irina Laricheva
Personal information
Full nameЛаричева Ирина Николаевна
Nationality Soviet Union
Born (1963-07-22) July 22, 1963
Novosibirsk, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDynamo Novosibirsk[1]
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Soviet Union
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1983 Rome400 m freestyle
Friendship Games
Silver medal – second place1984 Moscow400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1984 Moscow800 m freestyle
Universiade
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1983 Edmonton4×100 m im
Silver medal – second place1981 Bucharest400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1981 Bucharest800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1981 Bucharest4x100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1981 Bucharest200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1981 Bucharest4x100 m medley

Irina Nikolaevna Laricheva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Ларичева;[2] born 1963[3]) is a retired Soviet swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1983 European Aquatics Championships.[4] The same year she won five gold medals at the Universiade.[5][6] She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed at the alternate Friendship Games instead, winning two medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events.[7]

She works as a sports coach in Grodno, Belarus,[2] and competes in the masters category.[3][8]

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