Tamara Manina

Tamara Ivanovna Manina (Russian Тамара Ивановна Манина; born September 16, 1934 in Petrozavodsk ) is a former Russian Soviet gymnast and popular science author. It was in 1956 and 1964 Olympic gold medalist in the team all-around and was five times World Champion in Team, soil and horse jumping competitions. In addition, Manina won in 1956 two silver and a bronze medal at the Olympic Games - the bronze medal in the team event in an early form of rhythmic gymnastics - as well as a silver medal in 1964. After her injury-related withdrawal from active competition, she was competition judge, trainer and professor in St. Petersburg.

Manina was born on a work-related visit her family in Petrozavodsk, but grew up in Leningrad, with the exception of the siege of Leningrad, during which she was evacuated to Tashkent. In 1953, she junior champion of the USSR and at their first participation in adults championships of the USSR 12, respectively in the all around. Because of their achievements, she was accepted into the national team in 1954 and nominated for the first Weltitelkämpfe to which the Soviet Union participated. With three world titles - with the team, the horse and jump on the floor - it was the most successful gymnast of the championships, which was generally dominated by the USSR.

At the Olympic Games two years later, she was able to repeat the victory in the team competition, she was sixth in the all around and helped to secure the victory of the USSR in the team, could but was in the individual decisions on balance beam and vaulting horse of the two dominant gymnasts of Ágnes Keleti games and Larissa Latynina each displaced to the silver medal. When gymnastics team event, she won bronze in addition.

At the World Championships in 1958 and 1962, she was re- team world champion, but she could not defend their individual titles, but only win a few individual medals: in the all-around competition, she was third, in her favorite discipline, the horse jump with three other Soviet gymnasts with the same score Vice World Champion, 1962, she won her last world championship medal as third in jump.

After they had the 1960 Olympics omit due to an injury, she returned back to the 1964 Olympic arena. Manina was re- team Olympic gold medalist on the balance beam she could indeed be the winner of 1956 Latynina behind him, but was still only second.

After the games had Manina end their active career for health reasons, she ended 1969, a study of technical optics with the degree of candidate of sciences and worked for several years as a gymnastics coach, among other things, she was in de 1970s some time French national coach of the women, before being appointed in 1975 as professors at the State St. Petersburg Academy of Applied Arts and Design.

She has published more than 100 scientific and popular works.

Swell

  • Olympic champion (gymnastics )
  • World Champion (gymnastics )
  • Olympian (Soviet Union)
  • Turner ( Soviet Union)
  • Born in 1934
  • Woman
Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics Floor (gymnastics) 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1960 Summer Olympics
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