She was born to Pelageya Anisimovna Barabamyuk (1902–1975) and Semyon Andreevich Diriy (1906–1943), who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Latynina's nine gold medals makes her second on the list of most Olympic gold medalists together with Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi, only behind Michael Phelps, who has 18.
Larisa Dolina | Larisa Lazutina | Larisa Bogoraz | Larisa Shepitko | Larisa Udovichenko | Larisa Arap |