Lyudmila Galkina
Russian track and field athlete (born 1972)
Lyudmila Ivanovna Galkina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Галкина; born 20 January 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian track and field athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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Representing the Soviet Union | ||||||
1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 3rd | Long jump | 6.44 m | |
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 7th | Long jump | 6.45 m | wind: +0.9 m/s |
1991 | European Junior Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | 1st | Triple jump | 13.67 m | |
Representing Russia | ||||||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | Long jump | 6.74 m | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 16th (q) | Long jump | 6.26 m | wind: -1.5 m/s |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Long jump | 6.95 m | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | Long jump | 7.05 m | PB |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Long jump | 7.06 m | |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 3rd | Long jump | 6.68 m |
See also
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
- List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
References
- Lyudmila Galkina at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1997 | Succeeded by |
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World champions in women's long jump
- 1983: Heike Daute (GDR)
- 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
- 1991: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
- 1993: Heike Drechsler (GER)
- 1995: Fiona May (ITA)
- 1997: Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)
- 1999: Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
- 2001: Fiona May (ITA)
- 2003: Eunice Barber (FRA)
- 2005: Tianna Madison (USA)
- 2007: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
- 2009: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2011: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2013: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2015: Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
- 2017: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2019: Malaika Mihambo (GER)
- 2022: Malaika Mihambo (GER)
- 2023: Ivana Vuleta (SRB)
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