Galina Chistyakova

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Long jump

Galina Dmitriyevna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Дмитриевна Чистякова, Slovak: Galina Čisťaková; born July 26, 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.

She was born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR.

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 Slovakia. She has the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London.^[1] Married to retired triple jumper Aleksandr Beskrovniy, the couple now lives in Slovakia.

[edit] 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
			1st	Triple jump

[edit] References

1. ^ National Records - top 30 countries in women's triple jump - The Athletics Site

Records
Preceded by Heike Drechsler Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump World Record Holder June 11, 1988 —	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Li Huirong	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder Not officially ratified by the IAAF 1989-07-02 – 1990-08-25	Succeeded by Li Huirong
Sporting positions
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1988 — 1990	Succeeded by Heike Drechsler
Preceded by Li Huirong	Women's Triple Jump Best Year Performance 1989	Succeeded by Li Huirong
Preceded by Inessa Kravets	Women's Triple Jump Best Year Performance 1992	Succeeded by Anna Biryukova