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Galina Zybina

Galina Zybina
Zybina at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born22 January 1931 (1931-01-22)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Died10 August 2024 (2024-08-11) (aged 93)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
ClubZenit Leningrad
Trud Leningrad[1]
Coached byViktor Alekseyev[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)17.50 m (SP, 1964)
48.62 m (DT, 1955)
54.98 m (JT, 1958)[3]
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Shot put
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Shot put
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Brussels Javelin
Gold medal – first place 1954 Bern Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Bern Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Belgrade Shot put

Galina Ivanovna Zybina (Russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Зы́бина; 22 January 1931 – 10 August 2024) was a Soviet and Russian athlete and coach. She competed in the shot put at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, second, seventh and third place, respectively; in 1952, she also finished fourth in the javelin throw. Between 1952 and 1956, she set eight consecutive world records[3] and 14 national records in the shot put.[4] In 1953, she became the first woman to throw over 16 meters when she threw 16.20 m.[5]

Biography

As a child Zybina was much weakened by hunger and cold during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, which killed her mother and brother,[4] while her father died at the front lines.[6] Yet, by 1950, she had become a top Soviet thrower and won a bronze in the javelin at the European championships. During her entire career as a competitor and coach Zybina accentuated technique rather than strength. Owing to her age, she was left out of the Soviet team before the 1968 Olympics and retired in 1969, although she was still the second-best Soviet shot putter at the time. In retirement she worked as athletics coach in Värska.[5]

Zybina was married to Yury Fyodorov, a Russian captain and commander of the Russian cruiser Aurora in 1964–85. The cruiser was famous for starting the 1917 October Revolution, but by the 1960s was a museum ship.[5] In 1959, she gave birth to a son, which caused her to demonstrate a sub-par performance at the 1960 Olympics (seventh place).

Zybina died on 10 August 2024, at the age of 93.[7]

References

  1. ^ Zybina Galina Ivanovna. lesgaft.spb.ru
  2. ^ Sergei Bavli (27 January 2008) Заветная черта Галины Зыбиной. sportsdaily.ru
  3. ^ a b Galina Zybina. trackfield.brinkster.net
  4. ^ a b Galina Zybina. Encyclopædia Britannica
  5. ^ a b c Galina Zybina Archived 4 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  6. ^ German Popov (22 January 2001) Галина Зыбина. sovsport.ru (interview in Russian)
  7. ^ Скончалась одна из первых советских олимпийских чемпионок Галина Зыбина (in Russian)


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Zybina