Tamara Safonova

Tamara Safonova

Delia Reinhard, Vera Baklanova and Tamara Safonova at the European championships 1966
Personal information
Born	24 June 1946 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Springboard European Championships 1966 Utrecht Springboard 1970 Barcelona Springboard 1974 Vienna Springboard Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow Springboard

Tamara Stepanovna Safonova (née Fedosova, later Pogozheva, later Safonova; Russian: Тамара Степановна Федосова-Погожева-Сафонова, born 24 June 1946) is a retired Russian diver. She competed in the 3-metre springboard at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth, second and seventeenth place, respectively.^[1]

She won bronze medals in the springboard at three consecutive European championships: in 1966, 1970 and 1974.^[2] She was a Soviet champion in this event in 1964, 1966–1968 and 1970–1974.^[3]

Her husband, Mikhail Safonov, is a Russian diver who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.^[1]

References

1. Tamara Fedosova-Pogozheva-Safonova. sports-reference.com
2. European Swimming Championships (Women). gbrathletics.com
3. Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 223. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.

Tamara Safonova at the 1966 European Championships.