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.
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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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 13.67 m |
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1993 | 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 | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Long jump | 6.95 m | ||
1997 | Athens, Greece | 1st | Long jump | 7.05 m | ||
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Long jump | 7.06 m | |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 3rd | Long jump | 6.68 m |