Larisa Tsaryova

Larisa Tsaryova

Personal information
Born	(1958-08-10) 10 August 1958 Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Burevestnik Moscow
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley 1978 Berlin 100 m freestyle 1978 Berlin 200 m freestyle European Championships 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley

Larisa Nikolayevna Tsaryova (also Tsareva, Russian: Лариса Николаевна Царёва; born 10 August 1958) is a retired Russian swimmer who won three bronze medals at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships.^[1] She competed in five events at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics 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.^[2]

She won national titles in the 100 m freestyle in 1976 and 1978.^[3] Currently, she is a deputy director of an Olympic boarding school in Moscow.^[4]

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