Irina Kalinina

Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina (Ирина Владимировна Калинина; born 8 February 1959) is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion.

She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won the gold medal in Women's 3 metre springboard.

From 1984 she worked as a teaching coach at Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve.

Her husband Valery Bazhin is a former diver, World-Class Master of Sports of the USSR, Honoured Coach of Russia.

Her daughter Nadezhda Bazhina is a diver, World-Class Master of Sports of Russia, European champion, participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.