Galina Stepanskaya
Galina Stepanskaya in 1976
Personal information
Born (1949-01-27) 27 January 1949
Leningrad, Russia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubTrud Leningrad
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Innsbruck 1,500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1977 KeystoneAllround
Silver medal – second place1978 HelsinkiAllround

Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya (Russian: Галина Андреевна Степанская; born 27 January 1949) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1,500 m event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She was Soviet Allround Champion in 1976 and 1977 and won silver twice at the World Allround Championships, in 1977 and 1978.[1][2] In 2009, she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.[3]

World records

During her career, Stepanskaya set three world records:[2]

DistanceResultDateLocation
3,000 m4:40.5916 March 1976Medeo
3,000 m4:31.0023 March 1976Medeo
Mini combination173.81023 March 1976Medeo

Personal records

DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m42.443 April 1978Medeo
1,000 m1:24.0623 March 1976Medeo
1,500 m2:10.1222 March 1976Medeo
3,000 m4:31.0023 March 1976Medeo

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.