Athlete of Udmurtia Biography

During his studies at the Mozhgin Veterinary College, she fulfilled the standard of the master of sports of the USSR and was included in the year of the country's youth team in skiing. In the year, at the world championship among juniors, she won her first medals - silver and bronze. Since the year T. Tikhonova is a member of the national team of the USSR.

In the year, at the World Cup in Austria, she won the gold medal in the relay race. In the year, at the Olympics in the city of Kalgary, she won two gold and one silver medals. In the year it became a silver and bronze medalist of the World Cup in Finland. In the year, at the World Cup in Italy, she won gold and bronze medals in the relay and personal race. In the year, she successfully graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education of Udmurt State University.

Having a rich experience in teaching work, she worked at the Izh Plane sports plant, in the Republican Council of the All-Russian Voluntary Physical Educational Institutions of Trade Unions. Having won many awards, recognition and love of compatriots, T. Tikhonova left great sport, but she conveys her skill to young athletes. Pupils of Tamara Ivanovna repeatedly became winners and prize -winners of district, city and republican skiing competitions.

Honored Master of Sports, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Udmurt Republic. She was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of Izhevsk." The title "Honorary Citizen of Izhevsk" was awarded in the year. Honored Master of Sports in Ski Racing.

Tamara Ivanovna was born on June 13 in the village of Kovalevo, Kessky district. It is a two -time champion of the XV Winter Olympic Games, held in the Canadian city of Kalgary from February 13, on skiing, multiple winner of the Olympic Games, a two -time world champion. The owner of the silver and bronze awards of the world championships. Two -time Olympic champion and two -time world champion, one of the leaders of world skiing at the end of the 19th century.

Multiple champion of the USSR. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in nationality Udmurt. Ski races began to seriously engage in skiing from school age. In the year, the famous Soviet skier of Galina Kulakova, on her wires from large sports, passed her own skis to the young Tamara Tikhonova as a sign of the continuity of generations. In the year, Tikhonov entered the Youth Druzhba team later all the republican DSO were united in all -Union and Tamara began to play for the Sports Society "Harvest".

During these years, the Scandinavian skiers of Finnish, Swedes and especially Norwegians have traditionally dominated the international arena. Of the Soviet skiers, only Raisa Smetanin was worthy of competition for many years. Together with Tamara Tikhonova, the team of young Soviet skiers debuts next season and the balance of power in world skiing will change significantly in favor of the Russian national team, then Russia.

In the final classification, the skier takes 15th place. Its main achievement in the season is the title of world champion. Together with friends on the team of Smetanina, Vasilchenko and Reztsova, Tamara wins gold in the relay at the World Cup in Austrian Zeefeld. In two North American stages, she showed the best results in the season, taking 10 and 11 places in Canada and the USA, respectively.

In the test of the World Cup, a skier is 23 positions. She took part in the Winter Universiade in the Czechoslovak Shtribsk - Ples. I won gold in a personal race of 5 km and silver in the relay. The racer approached the Olympic season in the highest sports uniform. On the eve of the Olympics on December 16, Tikhonova wins his first personal race at the stage in the Yugoslav Bohin 10 km free style.

At the Olympiad in Kalgary, Tamara Tikhonova achieved her star hour - she became an Olympic champion in an individual race on 20 km free style, won another gold in the overpoint four, along with Nugaikina, Gavrylyuk and Zzovtsova, won silver in a 5 km sprint classic race. In the fourth form of the Olympic program - a 10 km classic race, Tikhonov took high 5th place.

In the final classification of the World Cup, the racer took 4th place. This season, a superstar from the USSR was lit in the world of the World Cup - the new world leader Summer Elena Vyalbe, who will dominate the whole decade in skiing. At the stages of the Tikhon World Cup, the second in individual races becomes three times and once was the second part of the relay. At the World Cup in the Finnish Lahti, the racer wins two medals - silver in the relay and bronze in an individual race of 10 km free style.

In the overall standings of Tikhonov, the third place is the best position in her sports career. The Soviet women's team during this period is the strongest in the world, competition in the national team. At the stages of the World Cup, the athlete was unable to win individual pedestals only once excited as part of the baton four, but stable performances allowed her to complete the season for 7th place in the final offset.At the stages of the World Cup, she wins one race in the relay, twice the second time in the relay and once the third.

At the World Championship in Val-Di-Femm Tikhonov, he wins bronze in an individual race of 10 km skate and becomes a champion in the relay of the relay with Vyalbe, Egorova and Smetanina. In this Olympic year, its results decreased markedly, there was a crisis in the sports career of the skier. Only at the stage in the Canadian Silver Star Tamara was in the top ten. At the Olympics in Alberville, she did not start.

In the final standings, the athlete sank to 26th place. At the end of the season, Tikhonov made an attempt to go to Biathlon. Biathlon in the year, after non -playing into the ski team at the Olympics, received an invitation from the Russian national biathlon team. She debuted at the World Cup on January 16 in the year in a sprint at a stage in Oberhof, taking a place.

A week later, in a sprint in Anterselva, she showed her best result at the World Cup in personal forms, taking ninth place. As part of the relay team at the stage in Lillehamer became a silver medalist. At the World Cup in the Bulgarian Borovts, she took part only in the sprint, where she finished. Achievements Two -time champion of the Olympic Games of the year in Kalgary at a distance of 20 km and in a 4x5 km relay is also a silver medal at a distance of 5 km.

World Champion, years in the relay. The bronze medalist of the world championships, in the race for 10 km. Third place in the test of the World Cup at the end of the year. The USSR champion in the relay, the results of the World Cup in the Ski season season.