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Galina Minaicheva
Personal information
Born (1929-12-29) 29 December 1929 (age 94)
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
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team PA
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Vault
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Rome Team

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Template:Lang-ru; born 29 December 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]

Minaicheva married a Georgian man and moved to Tbilisi, changing her last name to Sharabidze (Template:Lang-ru).[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. ^ a b Galina Minaicheva Archived August 31, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. olympedia.org
  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.