Irina Laricheva Biography
Soviet swimmer
Irina Nikolaevna Laricheva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Ларичева; born 1963) is a retired Soviet swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1983 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she won five gold medals at the Universiade. She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed at the alternate Friendship Games instead, winning two medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events.
She works as a sports coach in Grodno, Belarus, and competes in the masters category.