Galina Chistyakova
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Galina Dmitriyevna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Дмитриевна Чистякова; born July 26, 1962 in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR. She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women. More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships. Later that year she underwent a knee operation and never returned to her old form.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her carrier she received Slovak citizenship and represented the Slovakia. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksandr Beskrovniy, the couple now lives in Slovakia.
[edit] Major achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | Long jump |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 2nd | Long jump |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 2nd | Long jump |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Long jump |
| Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea | 3rd | Long jump | |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 1st | Long jump |
| World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Long jump | |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | Long jump |
| European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | Triple jump |
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