Background
Her family lived in St. Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manina was born in Petrozavodsk, where her father was on a long mission.
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Her family lived in St. Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manina was born in Petrozavodsk, where her father was on a long mission.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics as an engineer, 1965.
During the German-Soviet War she was evacuated from besieged Leningrad into Tashkent. She returned into Leningrad in 1944 and began gymnastics at the Leningrad Young Pioneer Palace in the same year. She was called "Monia the Bird" by groupmates for her graceful and light vaults.
In the same year Manina debuted at the senior Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Championships, placing 12th in the all-around.
Between 1953 and 1964 Manina successfully competed in many national and international events. One of Manina"s most successful performances took place at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she earned several gold medals on vault, on the floor and in the team competition.
She also contributed to the team"s gold and bronze medals. In one of her interviews Manina said, that the team had a very warm welcome everywhere in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics: on their way by train from Vladivostok to Moscow they were met with flowers on each small station, people organized solemn meetings and made a big fuss over them.
She missed the 1960 Summer Olympics due to an injury, but competed in the 1962 Worlds, contributing to the team"s gold and winning the bronze on vault.
Finishing her competitive career, Manina seriously injured her ankle during the display competition in Vienna and was not able to continue trainings any more. She coached the French national team in 1975 and has been an international judge since 1971. Manina is also known for her scientific activities.
Since 1975 she has been a professor at the Saint St. Petersburg State Art-Industrial Academy.
She published more than 40 scientific, methodical and popular science books Tamara Manina lives and works in Saint St. Petersburg.
Since 1958 she studied at the Leningrad State Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, graduating in 1965, defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Science degree at the Lesgaft State Institute of Physical Culture in 1969 and taught at the gymnastics department of the institute until 1973.