death_place death_date club sport birth_date article_title
moscow , russia 1978 -lrb- aged 54 -rrb- dynamo moscow diving 1924 lyubov zhigalova

lyubov zhigalova

lyubov yegorovna zhigalova -lrb- , 1924 -- 1978 -rrb- was a russian diver .
she competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1952 and 1956 summer olympics , respectively , and finished in sixth place in both events .
she won a bronze medal in the springboard at the 1954 european aquatics championships .
she won seven national titles , in the springboard -lrb- 1947 , 1950 , 1951 , 1953 and 1954 -rrb- and platform -lrb- 1950 , 1951 -rrb- .
her husband , aleksey zhigalov , als competed in the springboard at the 1952 olympics .
