Biography of the Ivanovova Olympiad

Born on January 27 of the year in Moscow. Mother - Kalinina Anna Ivanovna Put - Ivanov Valentin Kozmich, Son - Ivanov Valentin Valentinovich G. Daughter - Ivanova Starikova Olga Valentinovna Grandchina -Anastasia, student of the University of Friendship of Peoples; Anton and Catherine - twins, high school students, play sports. Much of what leaves the impression of a beautiful, elegant, graceful and at the same time courageous in sport, belongs to gymnastics.

This sport is a symbol of the strength, youth and beauty of man. One of the vivid representatives of the magnificent national team in gymnastics in the middle of the x - mid -19ths, which had no equal in the world, is Lidia Ivanova Kalinina. The first acquaintance with the gymnastics occurred at the school evening, where Lida, a 4th grade student, first saw the performance of the novice gymnast of the seventh-grader Larisa Eremina, with whom Lida Kalinina lived in Moscow on Osipenko Street and studied at the same school.

Larisa's performance shocked the girl. A passionate desire to become a real gymnast led her to the sports school of the Kirovsky district, where Larisa Eremina Lawninkova, the future master of sports of the international class, the Honored Coach of Russia, the USSR champion in supporting jumps. The time was difficult. Mother took up any work in order to somehow feed her son and daughter.

At first, she considered her daughter a fascination with gymnastics as a matter of frivolous. Her first coach, Boris Evgenievich, tried in every possible way to support his student: in a pharmacy he bought an ascorbink, fish oil, and fruits in the market. But most importantly, he helped her believe in his strength, in his talent. In the process of training, the will and the nature of the young gymnast formed.

At the age of 14, Lida fulfilled the standard of master of sports. She becomes a champion of Moscow among her peers. In the same year, it was included in the national team of the Soviet Union. Melbourne, where it was decided to hold the next Olympic Games, called the young forces of world sports. After the phenomenal successes of the Soviet gymnastics team at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, a course for youth was taken.

The youth bet two years before the responsible competition was true and win -win. Already at this time, there were no gymnasts over 23 years old in the Soviet team. At that time, the age for this sport was very young. Joy, anxiety, doubts - everything mixed up in the shower. How is she, Lidia Kalinina, this name is still unknown in the sports world, will play for the honor of the country along with already recognized gymnasts, such as Sofya Muratova, Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Nina Bocherova?

The responsibility is colossal. Preparations for her first Olympic games were held in Tashkent. Training to complete exhaustion, injuries, failures, constant overcoming of doubt: "Can I, whether? The Soviet Union" my heart froze. I gathered as soon as I could. The performance was successful. The team victory of the Union’s national team was stunning. A considerable role was played by the cohesion and support of the team in difficult times.

It took Lida eight years of tense training to become the champion of the Olympics in the team standings. For team free exercises with the subject, she was also awarded a bronze medal. The Olympiad in distant Melbourne is memorable to her not only the first world recognition, but also with the day return on the ship "Georgia", where two young, happy, inspired by the victory of the athlete - Lidia Kalinin and Valentin Ivanov, who became the Olympic football champion, felt happy that they met and made friends.

They dreamed of new achievements and victories. Meanwhile, a year has come, the All -Union Championship of Gymnasts in Moscow. He took place on the eve of the world championship in gymnastics, which was supposed to take place in the summer of the same year. Its participants acted under the program of the world championship. And among the already famous champions in the victorious list, Lida Kalinina was also noted among the young gymnasts.

She is the absolute champion of the Union. In the same year, at the World Gymnastics Championship, Moscow Kalinin receives a gold medal in the team standings and a silver medal in jumping. After the mandatory program, L. Kalinin entered the six of the best gymnasts in the world. In free exercises, she was inherent in amazing lightness and flexibility of movements. In the year, Lidia Kalinina and Valentin Ivanov become husband and wife.

In the year at the Olympic Games in Rome, she already performs under the name of Ivanova. And again, our gymnastics team shows a high level of skill: they are the best in the world! And again, L. Ivanova is the Olympic champion in the team championship. Newspapers in Rome note its plasticity and grace in free exercises. Ivanova does not leave big sport. She does not represent her life without gymnastics.

And again, training - after all, you need to enter the form, catch up. 7 months after the birth of her son, in the year, as part of the national team, she receives a gold medal at the world championship in Prague. In the year at the training camp in Germany L.Ivanova receives a serious injury to the knee, which could not but affect the subsequent results. She decides to leave sports as a gymnast.

In the same year, the Ivanovs have a daughter Olga. Meanwhile, Lydia Ivanova has a new page of life in gymnastics. She tries her forces in the coaching field at the Children's Sports School of the Leninsky District.

Further ten years L. issues that need to be solved, but the main thing is the search for young promising gymnasts. In the year in intercontinental courses, she receives a certificate of judge of the international category. The first start as a judge - the World Cup in Ljubljana, which ended with the victory of L. Ivanov - one of the most authoritative in the world of gymnastics of arbitrators.

As a representative of the USSR, the only one, she judged the most responsible competitions: the Olympic Games in Munich, Montreal, Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, ​​the world championships in Ljubljal, Amsterdam, Indianapolis, Paris, London, Madrid, all European championships and the world cups, for which she was awarded the golden badge of the International Federation gymnastics.

In the year, the State Central Institute of Physical Culture was completed. From for the year - the state coach of L. Ivanova is engaged in the selection of gymnasts in the national team of the USSR, develops methods for training athletes. Currently, Lidia Ivanova often commented on television broadcasts of competitions in gymnastics of the highest level of NTV, Eurovision. Two -time Olympic champion in the team championship, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in group free exercises with the subject; Two -time world champion in the team championship,; The silver medalist of the world championship in supporting, the silver medalist of the USSR championship in free exercises, bronze - in all -around, supporting and free sport, helped Lydia Gavrilovna find friends for her life.

To this day, she is friends with friends and rivals in sports by T. Manina and L. Her main occupation today - family, raising grandchildren, care for her husband. He is fond of theater and ballet.