Tamara Wassiljewna Lasakowitsch
Tamara Vasilyevna Lasakowitsch ( Russian Тамара Васильевна Лазакович , Belarusian Тамара Васілеўна Лазаковіч * 14. March 1954 in Gussewo ; † 1. November 1992 in Vitebsk ) was a Soviet gymnast who for Dynamo Vitebsk started.
Career
Tamara Lasakowitsch belonged to the Soviet squad at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana, which won the team title ahead of the squad from the GDR. At the European Championships in 1971 in front of a home crowd in Minsk, Lyudmila Turishcheva and Tamara Lasakowitsch shared the top places. In the all-around competition, both won gold with the same number of points ahead of third-placed Erika Zuchold from the GDR. In the device finals Turishcheva won gold on the floor and in the horse jump and Lasakowitsch received silver. On the balance beam and the uneven bars won Lasakowitsch before Turischtschewa.
At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, the Soviet squad won ahead of the squad from the GDR. With Lyudmila Turishcheva, Tamara Lasakowitsch and Lyubow Burda , three gymnasts from the world championship team from 1970 were there, along with Olga Korbut , Antanina Koschal and Elwira Saadi . The individual ranking in the all-around competition was won by Turishcheva in front of Karin Janz from the GDR, Lasakowitsch received the bronze medal. In the apparatus finals, Janz won on the horse and uneven bars, Korbut on the balance beam and in the floor exercise. Lasakowitsch reached three device finals, she took sixth place in the jump, won bronze on the floor and silver on the balance beam.
After these three successful years, Lasakowitsch ended her sporting career at the age of eighteen without any official reason. Lazakovich henceforth worked as a gymnastics trainer in Vitebsk, but was not happy in this profession. She died at the age of 38 as a result of prolonged alcohol addiction.
Web links
- Tamara Wassiljewna Lasakowitsch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Gymnastics World Championships on sport-komplett.de
- European gymnastics championships on sport-komplett.de
Footnotes
- ^ The Olympic database reports rumors of a failed escape during the 1972 Olympic Games.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lasakowitsch, Tamara Wassiljewna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Лазакович, Тамара Васильевна (Russian); Лазаковіч, Тамара Васілеўна (Belarusian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gussewo |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1992 |
| Place of death | Vitebsk |