Tatyana Karakashyants

Tatyana Maximovna Karakashyants was a Soviet diver and diving coach. She competed in the 10 m platform at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and finished in sixth and fifth place, respectively. She won this event at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships.
After retiring from competitive diving, she worked as a diving coach in sports society Spartak. She was an Honored Coach of the Soviet Union. Among her students were Vladimir Vasin, Nataliya Lobanova and Yelena Miroshina.
She died at the age of 78 in Moscow and was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoe Cemetery.