Galina Minaicheva

Galina Minaicheva
Personal information
Born (1928-10-17) 17 October 1928
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
Club Dynamo Moscow; Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki Team
1952 Helsinki Team PA
1952 Helsinki Vault
World Championships
1954 Rome Team

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 17 October 1928) is a Russian former 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 (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. 1 2 Galina Minaicheva. 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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