Larisa Petrovna Bokun ( February 11, 1926 , Novosibirsk , RSFSR - September 22, 2014 , Minsk , Belarus ) - Soviet fencing coach, coach of the USSR fencing team at the Olympic Games 1968 , 1972 , 1976 , 1980 , Honored Trainer of the USSR .
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| Date of Birth | February 11, 1926 | |||
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| Date of death | September 22, 2014 (88 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Minsk , Belarus | |||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |||
| Occupation | fencing trainer | |||
| Spouse | Herman Bokun | |||
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Biography
As an athlete, she played for Dynamo Minsk. Repeatedly became the champion of the USSR, was a multiple champion of the BSSR.
She graduated from the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture . She played for Dynamo (Minsk). Since 1947, she taught at the Department of Fencing of the Belarusian State Institute of Physical Culture.
She began to engage in coaching in 1948. Since 1949, he has been a fencing trainer at sports organizations in Minsk, and since 1975, a trainer at the Republican School of Higher Sports Excellence.
Among her students are repeated Olympic and world champions Elena Belova , Tatyana Samusenko , world champion Diana Nikanchikova and other famous athletes.
She was married to German Bokun - also a fencing coach. [one]
Awards and titles
- She was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples and the “Badge of Honor”, the medal “For Labor Distinction”.
- Honored trainer of the USSR, honored worker of physical culture of Belarus.