 Popova in Australia in 1956 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Vinogradova | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1932 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 2017 (aged 85)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Leningrad[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | D. P. Ionov[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.4 (1959) 200 m – 23.4 (1963) LJ – 6.31 m (1955)[4] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née Vinogradova 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2017) was a Russian track athlete. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[1] In 1954 she equaled the European record over 100 m (11.5) four times, and in 1956 she set two world records in the long jump.[3][4]
Popova took up athletics in 1951 and was a member of the Soviet national team between 1953 and 1964. After retiring from competitions in 1964 she worked at the Lesgaft University, where in 1971 she defended a PhD on "Gas exchange and oxygenation of arterial blood during muscular load of maximum intensity".[3]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Galina Popova Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Попова (Виноградова) Галина Михайловна". Sport-Strana.ru. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d Balakhnichev, V. (2017). Легкая атлетика. Энциклопедия. Vol. 2: О–Я. ЛитРес. p. 190. ISBN 978-5-04-087032-5.
- ^ a b Galina Popova. trackfield.brinkster.net