Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Valentina Nikolayevna•Chumicheva (-Dedova) |
Used name | Valentina•Chumicheva |
Original name | Валентина Николаевна•Чумичева (-Дедова) |
Born | 10 August 1931 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS) |
Died | 3 January 2021 |
NOC | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian Federation |
Valentina Chumicheva was a Soviet diver who specialised in the 3m springboard during the 1950s. Chumicheva competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, with a best finish of fifth place in Australia. She was a three-time USSR champion (1952, 1956, 1958) and won gold at the 1954 European Aquatic Championships and a bronze at the European Championships in 1958. After becoming a mother Chumicheva ended her competitive career and became a coach. Her students included future Olympic champion Yelena Vaytsekhovskaya and Soviet champion Vyacheslav Strakhov.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1952 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | URS | RUS | Valentina Chumicheva | |||
Springboard, Women (Olympic) | 10 r1/2 | ||||||
1956 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | URS | RUS | Valentina Chumicheva | |||
Springboard, Women (Olympic) | 5 |