Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya in 1976
Personal information
Born (1949-01-27) 27 January 1949
Leningrad, Russia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Speed skating
Club Trud Leningrad

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


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