Galina Stepanskaya Explained

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Birth Date:27 January 1949
Birth Place:Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.69m (05.54feet)
Sport:Speed skating
Club:Trud Leningrad
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Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya (Russian: Галина Андреевна Степанская; born 27 January 1949) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1,500 m event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She was Soviet Allround Champion in 1976 and 1977 and won silver twice at the World Allround Championships, in 1977 and 1978. In 2009, she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.

World records

During her career, Stepanskaya set three world records:

DistanceResultDateLocation
3,000 m4:40.5916 March 1976Medeo
3,000 m4:31.0023 March 1976Medeo
Mini combination173.81023 March 1976Medeo

Personal records

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DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m42.443 April 1978Medeo
1,000 m1:24.0623 March 1976Medeo
1,500 m2:10.1222 March 1976Medeo
3,000 m4:31.0023 March 1976Medeo