Galina Minaicheva

Galina Minaicheva

Personal information
Born	17 October 1928 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow; Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team 1952 Helsinki Team PA 1952 Helsinki Vault World Championships 1954 Rome Team

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 17 October 1928) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within the first 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.^[1]

Minaicheva married a Georgian man and moved to Tbilisi, changing her last name to Sharabidze (Russian: Шарабидзе).^[1] Under this name she won a team gold medal at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[2] In 1957 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Tbilisi and worked as a gymnastics coach.^[3][4]

References

1. Galina Minaicheva. sports-reference.com
2. 1954 World Championships. gymn-forum.net
3. Минаичева Галина Яковлевна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
4. Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.