Lyubov Rusanova

Lyubov Rusanova

Personal information
Born	(1954-02-02) 2 February 1954 Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Dynamo Krasnodar
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Summer Olympics 1976 Montreal 100 m breaststroke 1976 Montreal 200 m breaststroke World Championships 1973 Belgrade 100 m breaststroke Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow 100 m breaststroke

Lyubov Petrovna Rusanova (Russian: Любовь Петровна Русанова; born 2 February 1954) is a retired Russian swimmer who won two medals in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships.

Her father was a locksmith and mother worked at a kindergarten. They had four children: elder brothers Vasily and Nikolai, and twins Anatoly and Lyubov; all four competed in swimming, though brother Anatoly quit at a young age. There was no pool in Krasnodar until 1967, and therefore they trained in the Kuban River, which was heated all through the year by the nearby thermal power station. She graduated from the Kuban State University of Physical Education in Krasnodar. After retiring in 1976 she worked as a swimming coach. In the 2000s she was still competing in the masters category.