Gulnara Iskanderovna Galkina

Gulnara Galkina at the 2012 Olympics

Gulnara Samitova-Galkina ( Russian Гульнара Искандеровна Галкина , born Самитова - Samitowa, Engl. Transcription Samitova * 9. July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny ) is a Russian obstacle , Central and long-distance runner and Olympic champion .

Life

At the World Athletics Championships in 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis, she was seventh in the 5000 meter run and sixth over the same distance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In addition, she was at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2004 third in the 1500 meter run .

On August 10, 2003 at the Russian Athletics Championships in Tula , she set a world record of 9: 08.35 minutes in the 3,000-meter obstacle course, which she undercut on July 4, 2004 in 9: 01.59 minutes.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she was seventh over 3000 m obstacle. Her greatest success so far was her victory at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the world record time of 8: 58.81 minutes at the Olympic premiere of the obstacle course for women.

Gulnara Galkina is 1.75 m tall and weighs 56 kg. She has been married to the 400-meter runner Anton Galkin since 2004 .

Web links

Commons : Gulnara Galkina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gulnara Galkina in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Portrait at IAAF - Focus on Athletes ( Memento from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), August 6, 2008
• Gulnara Samitova-Galkina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )