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Galina Chistyakova

Personal information
Native name	Галина Валентиновна Чистякова
Full name	Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova
Nationality	Russian / Slovak
Born	(1962-07-26) 26 July 1962 (age 62) Izmail, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.69 m
Weight	53 kg
Sport
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 Women's athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul Long jump European Championships Silver 1986 Stuttgart Long jump World Indoor Championships Gold 1989 Budapest Long jump European Indoor Championships Gold 1985 Athens Long jump Gold 1989 The Hague Long jump Gold 1990 Glasgow Long jump Gold 1990 Glasgow Triple jump Silver 1987 Liévin Long jump Silver 1988 Budapest Long jump
Updated on 13 August 2014.

Galina Chistyakova (born 26 July 1962) is a famous athlete who used to compete for the Soviet Union and later for Slovakia. She is best known for holding the world record in the long jump for women. On June 11, 1988, she jumped an amazing 7.52 meters, which is still the world record today!

Galina also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games and was a world champion in indoor competitions in 1989. She was also a record holder in the triple jump with 14.52 meters in 1989.

Galina's Early Life and Career

Galina Chistyakova was born in Izmail, which was part of the Ukrainian SSR (a region in the Soviet Union) at the time. She trained in Moscow with a sports club called Burevestnik.

Winning Medals in Long Jump

Galina became very good at the long jump. In 1985, she won a gold medal at the European Indoor Championships. The next year, she earned a silver medal at the European Championships.

Her biggest achievement came in 1988 when she won an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul. This was also the year she set her incredible world record of 7.52 meters in the long jump.

Success in Indoor Competitions

Galina continued to win many gold medals at indoor championships. In 1990, she made history by winning the first-ever triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships.

Later that year, she had a knee operation. After this, she found it hard to get back to her top performance level.

Changes in Citizenship and Later Life

After the Soviet Union broke up, Galina became a citizen of Russia. Towards the end of her sports career, she also became a citizen of Slovakia and competed for that country.

She once held the Slovak record for the triple jump, with a jump of 14.41 meters in 1996. This record was later broken by another athlete named Dana Velďáková. Galina is married to Aleksander Beskrovnyi, who was also a triple jumper. They now live in Slovakia.

Galina's International Achievements

This table shows some of Galina Chistyakova's top results in major international competitions.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union (Soviet Union)
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	3rd	Long jump	7.11 m
1985	European Indoor Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	Long jump	7.02 m
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	2nd	Long jump	7.00 m
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	Long jump	7.27 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	2nd	Long jump	7.09 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	2nd	Long jump	6.89 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	4th	Long jump	6.66 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	Long jump	6.99 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Long jump	7.24 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	Long jump	7.11 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	1st	Long jump	6.98 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Long jump	6.98 m
	World Cup	Barcelona Spain	1st	Long jump	7.10 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	Long jump	6.85 m
			1st	Triple jump	14.14 m
Representing  CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Triple jump	13.67 m
Representing  Slovakia (Slovakia)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	23rd (q)	Long jump	6.33 m

Galina's Personal Records

These are Galina Chistyakova's best performances in the long jump and triple jump.

See also

• In Spanish: Galina Chistiakova para niños