Galina Chistyakova (Галина Чистякова in Russian; born July 26, 1962 in Izmail, Ukraine) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR. Competing in long jump, she 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 and never returned to her old form. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Izmail or Ismail (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; Romanian: Ismail), is a town in south-western Ukraine, located near Danube delta in Odessa Oblast (province). ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France jumps at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... The 14th European Championships in Athletics. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ...
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksandr Beskrovniy, the couple now lives in Slovakia.
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