Sport Speed skating Height 1.69 m Role Speed Skater | Name Galina Stepanskaya Club Trud Leningrad | |
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Born 27 January 1949 (age 75) ( 1949-01-27 ) Leningrad, Russia Olympic medals Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres | ||
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:
References
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