| Galina Popova | |
| Birth Name: | Vinogradova |
| Height: | 162 cm |
| Weight: | 53 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 100 m, 200 m, long jump |
| Pb: | 100 m – 11.4 (1959) 200 m – 23.4 (1963) LJ – 6.31 m (1955)[1] |
| Club: | Burevestnik Leningrad[2] |
| Coach: | D. P. Ionov |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[3] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née Vinogradova on 2 June 1932) is a retired Russian track athlete. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[3] 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.[2] [1]
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".[2]