Education
Chumakova graduated from secondary school shortly before the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World World War World War II
Chumakova graduated from secondary school shortly before the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World World War World War II
The same year she volunteered to work as a nurse at a military hospital and then as a radio operator at the Soviet Air Force. She started training in rowing in 1944, shortly after demobilization. In parallel, she studied at the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, then Moscow State Linguistic University, and then at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education (GTSOLIFK), graduating in 1949.
Between 1985 and 2000 she was president of the Moscow Federation of Masters Rowing.
In 1969 she defended her Doctor of Philosophy on physical training of elite rowers and later worked as professor of physical education at the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation.