Famous People with Name Larissa

Larissa Semyonovna Latynina            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Larissa Semyonovna Latynina: was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). Born Larisa Dirij, she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to Kiev to attend the Lenin Polytechnic Institute and continue training.

Larissa Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Larissa Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich: is a Russian-born Israeli sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1995 (K-2 200 m for Russia under her maiden name of Kosorukova), 1998 (K-4 2

Larissa Joy Waters            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Larissa Joy Waters: is an Australian Greens Senator for Queensland.Waters ran first on the Queensland Green Senate ticket at the 2007 federal election and received 7.3 per cent of the vote, an increase of 1.9 percentage points, failing to gain election. She was first on the