Galina Vyacheslavovna Malchugina

Galina Vjatscheslawowna Maltschugina ( Russian Галина Вячеславовна Мальчугина , English transcription Galina Malchugina ; born December 17, 1962 in Bryansk ) is a former Russian athlete and winner of Olympic medals.

Life

Galina Maltschugina specialized in the 200-meter run and with the team in the 4 x 100 meter relay . She had her first international success at the age of 26 at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . Here she won the bronze medal together with her teammates Lyudmila Kondratjewa , Marina Schirowa and Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa , behind the teams from the United States (gold) and the GDR (silver). At the next Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 , starting for the united team , she won the relay silver medal together with Olga Bogoslowskaja , Marina Trandenkowa and Irina Priwalowa , behind the team from the USA (gold) and in front of the team from Nigeria (bronze).

Further great successes in her sporting career:

World championships

• 1991 in Tokyo - relay silver over 4 × 100 meters
• 1993 in Stuttgart - relay gold over 4 × 100 meters
• 1995 in Gothenburg - bronze in the 200-meter run

European championships

• 1990 - Bronze in the 200 meter run
• 1994 - Bronze in the 200-meter run and relay silver over 4 × 100 meters
• 1998 - Relay bronze over 4 × 100 meters

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

Web links

• Galina Malt Schu Gina in the database of World Athletics (English)