Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya in 1976
Personal information
Born	27 January 1949 Leningrad, Russia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Trud Leningrad
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 1,500 m World Championships 1977 Keystone Allround 1978 Helsinki Allround

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]

Distance	Result	Date	Location
3,000 m	4:40.59	16 March 1976	Medeo
3,000 m	4:31.00	23 March 1976	Medeo
Mini combination	173.810	23 March 1976	Medeo

Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	42.44	3 April 1978	Medeo
1,000 m	1:24.06	23 March 1976	Medeo
1,500 m	2:10.12	22 March 1976	Medeo
3,000 m	4:31.00	23 March 1976	Medeo

References

1. Galina Stepanskaya. sports-reference.com
2. Galina Stepanskaya. speedskatingstats.com
3. Медведев поздравил с юбилеем олимпийскую чемпионку Галину Степанскую. RIA Novosti. 27 January 2009.