Galina Popova

Galina Popova

Popova in Australia in 1956
Personal information
Birth name	Vinogradova
Born	(1932-06-02)2 June 1932 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died	17 December 2017(2017-12-17) (aged 85)[2]
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m, long jump
Club	Burevestnik Leningrad[3]
Coached by	D. P. Ionov[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.4 (1959) 200 m – 23.4 (1963) LJ – 6.31 m (1955)[4]
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Universiade 1957 Paris 100 m 1961 Sofia 100 m

Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née Vinogradova 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2017) was a Russian track athlete. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.^[1] In 1954 she equaled the European record over 100 m (11.5) four times, and in 1956 she set two world records in the long jump.^[3][4]

Popova took up athletics in 1951 and was a member of the Soviet national team between 1953 and 1964. After retiring from competitions in 1964 she worked at the Lesgaft University, where in 1971 she defended a PhD on "Gas exchange and oxygenation of arterial blood during muscular load of maximum intensity".^[3]

• Galina Popova at World Athletics
• Galina Popova at Olympedia

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