she returned to competition in 1970, winning gold in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and another medley silver at the European Aquatics Championships that year. She swam for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics, repeating her 1968 performances in both the 100 m and 200 m to add two more Olympic medals to her tally, and retired the following year. Prozumenshchikova graduated from MSU in 1976 and was writing sports columns for the major newspaper Izvestia. However, she soon left journalism, and between 1976 and 1980 worked as a sports functionary, and after 1980 as a swimming coach for children at CSKA. Along the way, in the 1970s, she remarried to economist Yuri Ivanovich Ivannikov (born 1950) and had a son, Grigory Yurievich, in 1979. In 1991, she competed in swimming again and set at least 35 national records in the "masters" category. Prozumenshchikova died aged 66 in Moscow on 19 July 2015 after a long illness, according to the Russian Swimming Federation. Her body was cremated. Awards and honors In 2013, two years before her death, Prozumenshchikova was recognized as one of the "100 Greatest Swimmers in History" in a book by swim journalist John Lohn. She ranked at number 60 in the book, which highlighted her Olympic and European medals and prowess in setting new world records. Prozumenshchikova also received special distinctions from her mother country, including: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1972) Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993) Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (twice) See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame World record progression 100 metres breaststroke World record progression 200 metres breaststroke References External links 1948 births 2015 deaths Soviet female swimmers Russian female swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Sevastopol Moscow State University alumni Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Russian journalists Soviet journalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists