Galina Zybina
![]() Zybina at the 1952 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 22 January 1931 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
Died | 10 August 2024 Saint Petersburg, Russia | (aged 93)
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shot put Discus throw Javelin throw |
Club | Zenit St. Petersburg Trud St. Petersburg[1] |
Coached by | Viktor Alekseyev[2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 17.50 m (SP, 1964) 48.62 m (DT, 1955) 54.98 m (JT, 1958)[3] |
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
[edit]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
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- ^ Zybina Galina Ivanovna. lesgaft.spb.ru
- ^ Sergei Bavli (27 January 2008) Заветная черта Галины Зыбиной. sportsdaily.ru
- ^ a b Galina Zybina. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Galina Zybina. Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b c Galina Zybina Archived 4 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ German Popov (22 January 2001) Галина Зыбина. sovsport.ru (interview in Russian)
- ^ Скончалась одна из первых советских олимпийских чемпионок Галина Зыбина (in Russian)
- 1931 births
- 2024 deaths
- Athletes from Saint Petersburg
- Soviet female shot putters
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
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- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
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