Galina Minaicheva

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 17 October 1929) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within the first 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.[1]

Galina Minaicheva
Personal information
Born (1929-10-17) 17 October 1929
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubDynamo Moscow; Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1952 HelsinkiTeam
1952 HelsinkiTeam PA
1952 HelsinkiVault
World Championships
1954 RomeTeam

Minaicheva married a Georgian man and moved to Tbilisi, changing her last name to Sharabidze (Russian: Шарабидзе).[1] Under this name she won a team gold medal at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2] In 1957 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Tbilisi and worked as a gymnastics coach.[3][4]

References
  1. Galina Minaicheva Archived December 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. 1954 World Championships. gymn-forum.net
  3. Минаичева Галина Яковлевна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.


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