Lidiya Ivanova (gymnast)

Lidiya Ivanova

Personal information
Born	(1937-01-27) 27 January 1937 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Neftyanik, Dynamo Moscow, Burevestnik Moscow
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team allround 1956 Melbourne Team portable apparatus 1960 Rome Team allround World Championships 1958 Moscow Team allround 1958 Moscow Vault 1962 Prague Team allround

Lidiya Gavrilovna Ivanova (née Kalinina; Russian: Лидия Гавриловна Иванова née Калинина; born 27 January 1937) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast and international referee. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events. In 1956, she won a team all-around gold medal and a bronze medal in the now-defunct team portable apparatus exercise. In 1960, she finished within the first eight in all events, earning her second gold medal in the team all-around competition.^[1]

She was the all-around Soviet champion in 1958 and the world champion in the team all-around in 1958 and 1962; she also won a silver medal in the vault at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She retired from competition in 1964 due to injury. In 1973 she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Education with a degree of coach. She started working well before the graduation, heading the junior national team between 1970 and 1980. Between 1982 and 1992 she assisted with the senior national team and was its head coach at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1970 she became an international referee, and was selected as a judge at all Olympics between 1972 and 1992, as well as numerous world championships and other international competitions in between. After 1992 she worked as a sports commentator.^[2]

In 1959 she married Valentin Ivanov, a football player who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics. Their son Valentin (b. 1961), is a prominent football referee and retired football player.^[3]

She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour (1960, 1980), Medal "For Labour Valour" (1985) and Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1985). In 2008 she and her husband won the national "Slava" award of 2007.^[2]

References

Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team All-Around
1928 Netherlands 1936 Germany 1948 Czechoslovakia 1952 Soviet Union 1956 Soviet Union 1960 Soviet Union 1964 Soviet Union 1968 Soviet Union 1972 Soviet Union 1976 Soviet Union 1980 Soviet Union 1984 Romania 1988 Soviet Union 1992 Unified Team 1996 United States 2000 Romania 2004 Romania 2008 China 2012 United States 2016 United States
1956:  Soviet Union (URS), Polina Astakhova, Lyudmila Yegorova, Lidiya Kalinina, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova 1960:  Soviet Union (URS), Polina Astakhova, Lidia Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Lyukhina, Sofia Muratova, Margarita Nikolaeva

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition
1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2014:  United States 2015:  United States
1958:  Soviet Union (URS), Polina Astakhova, Raisa Borisova, Lidiya Kalinina, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova 1962:  Soviet Union (URS), Polina Astakhova, Lidiya Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova, Irina Pervushina