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Sirvard Emirzyan ( hy, Սիրվարդ Էմիրզյան, born 5 June 1966 in 
Sirvard started to practice diving in 1972 under the teaching of Basil Kuvshinkina. She became a Champion of the USSR in 1979 in the pole ten-meter platform, and in 1980, finished Second in the same discipline. Emirzyan, a schoolgirl at the time, competed at the
Sports-Reference.com
1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian female divers Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in diving Soviet Armenians Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{USSR-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub
Yerevan
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, Armenian SSR
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) is a former Soviet
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diver of Armenia
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n descent. She was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...
title in 1980.
Sirvard started to practice diving in 1972 under the teaching of Basil Kuvshinkina. She became a Champion of the USSR in 1979 in the pole ten-meter platform, and in 1980, finished Second in the same discipline. Emirzyan, a schoolgirl at the time, competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow as the youngest athlete on the USSR Olympic team. At the age of 14, she won an Olympic silver medal on the 10 meter platform.
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1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian female divers Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in diving Soviet Armenians Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{USSR-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub