Soviet-Russian sprinter
This article is about the Soviet-Russian sprinter. For the coauthor of
Shakespeare's Fingerprints, see
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Galina Popova
![]() Popova in Australia in 1956 |
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Birth name | Vinogradova |
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Born | (1932-06-02) 2 June 1932 (age 92) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] |
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Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
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Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, long jump |
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Club | Burevestnik Leningrad[2] |
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Coached by | D. P. Ionov[2] |
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.4 (1959) 200 m – 23.4 (1963) LJ – 6.31 m (1955)[3] |
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Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née Vinogradova on 2 June 1932) is a retired 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.[2][3]
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".[2]
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