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Galina Chistyakova
Soviet long jumper and triple jumper

Galina Chistyakova

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Soviet long jumper and triple jumper
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Place of birth
Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
Age
62 years
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169
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Biography

Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова, Slovak: Galina Čisťaková; born 26 July 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989.

Biography

Born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR, Chistyakovahe trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova 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 but never returned to her old form.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her career she received Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia. She used to hold the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London. This mark was bettered by Dana Velďáková. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Soviet Union
1984Friendship GamesMoscow, Soviet Union3rdLong jump7.11 m
1985European Indoor ChampionshipsAthens, Greece1stLong jump7.02 m
World CupCanberra, Australia2ndLong jump7.00 m
1986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union1stLong jump7.27 m
European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany2ndLong jump7.09 m
1987European Indoor ChampionshipsLiévin, France2ndLong jump6.89 m
World Indoor ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States4thLong jump6.66 m
World ChampionshipsRome, Italy5thLong jump6.99 m
1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndLong jump7.24 m
Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea3rdLong jump7.11 m
1989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands1stLong jump6.98 m
World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stLong jump6.98 m
World CupBarcelona Spain1stLong jump7.10 m
1990European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland1stLong jump6.85 m
1stTriple jump14.14 m
Representing  CIS
1992World CupHavana, Cuba2ndTriple jump13.67 m
Representing  Slovakia
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States23rd (q)Long jump6.33 m

Records

Personal records
TestPerformancePlaceDate
Long jumpOutdoors7,52 m (+1,4 m/s) WRLeningrad11 June 1988
Indoor7,30 mLipetsk28 January 1989
Triple jumpOutdoors14,76 m (+0,9 m/s)Lucerne27 June 1995
Indoor14,45 mLipetsk29 January 1989
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