Tatyana Maximovna Karakashyants (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Vereina, later Karakashyants and Petrukhina; russian: Татьяна Максимовна Каракашьянц, December 21, 1925 – October 13, 2004) was a Soviet diver and diving coach. She competed in the 10 m platform at the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

and

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

and finished in sixth and fifth place, respectively. She won this event at the

1954 European Aquatics Championships The 1954 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 31 August – 5 September in Turin, Italy. In swimming, butterfly events were contested for the first time; 100 m for women and 200 m for men. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ...

. After retiring from competitive diving, she worked as a diving coach in sports society

Spartak Spartak may refer to: In sports *Spartak (sports society), an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union In Russia *FC Spartak Moscow, a football club *FC Spartak Kostroma, a football club *PFC ...

. She was an Honored Coach of the Soviet Union. Among her students were

Vladimir Vasin Vladimir Alexeyevich Vasin (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Васин; born 9 January 1947) is a former Soviet diver and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he received a gold medal in ''sp ...

, Nataliya Lobanova and

Yelena Miroshina Yelena Nikolaevna Miroshina (russian: Елена Николаевна Мирошина, 5 June 1974 – 18 December 1995) was a Russian diver, best known for twice winning the gold medal at the European Championships in the 10 m platform, ...

. She died at the age of 78 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoe Cemetery.

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1925 births 2004 deaths Olympic divers for the Soviet Union Divers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Soviet female divers Soviet diving coaches Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving {{USSR-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub