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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 Valentinovna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова, Slovak: Galina Čisťakovová; born 26 July 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989.

Biography

Born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR, Chistyakova 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. 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. This mark was bettered by Dana Velďáková. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  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
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Triple jump	13.67 m
Representing  Slovakia
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	23rd (q)	Long jump	6.33 m

Records

See also

In Spanish: Galina Chistiakova para niños