Galina Chistyakova
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Native name | Галина Валентиновна Чистякова | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian / Slovak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Izmail, Ukrainian SSR | 26 July 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53.0 kg (116.8 lb; 8.35 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump, triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Vyatscheslav Sokolow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) |
Long jump: 7.52 m WR Triple jump: 14.76 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 13 August 2014. |
Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова, Slovak: Galina Čisťaková; born 26 July 1962, in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the Long jump. She has held the record since June 11, 1988.
Biography
She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women.[1] More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships. Later that year she underwent a knee operation but never returned to her old form.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her career she received Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia. She used to hold the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London.[2] This mark was bettered by Dana Velďáková. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Soviet Union | ||||
1985 | European Indoor Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | Long jump |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 2nd | Long jump |
1987 | European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 2nd | Long jump |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Long jump |
Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea | 3rd | Long jump | |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 1st | Long jump |
World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Long jump | |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | Long jump |
1st | Triple jump |
Records
Test | Performance | Place | Date | |
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Long jump | Outdoors | 7,52 m (+1,4 m/s) WR | Leningrad | 11 June 1988 |
Indoor | 7,30 m | Lipetsk | 28 January 1989 | |
Triple jump | Outdoors | 14,76 m (+0,9 m/s) | Lucerne | 27 June 1995 |
Indoor | 14,45 m | Lipetsk | 29 January 1989 |
References
- ↑ about.com Track and Field - Long Jump Women’s World Records
- ↑ National Records - top 30 countries in women's triple jump - The Athletics Site
- ↑ "Athlete profile". all-athletics.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
External links
- Galina Chistyakova profile at IAAF
Records | ||
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Preceded by Heike Drechsler Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Women's Long Jump World Record Holder June 11, 1988 — |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Li Huirong |
Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder Not officially ratified by the IAAF 2 July 1989 – 25 August 1990 |
Succeeded by Li Huirong |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1988–1990 |
Succeeded by Heike Drechsler |
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