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Galina Zybina

1931 - 2024

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Galina Ivanovna Zybina (Russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Зы́бина; 22 January 1931 – 10 August 2024) was a Soviet and Russian athlete and coach. She competed in the shot put at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, second, seventh and third place, respectively; in 1952, she also finished fourth in the javelin throw. Between 1952 and 1956, she set eight consecutive world records and 14 national records in the shot put. In 1953, she became the first woman to throw over 16 meters when she threw 16.20 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Galina Zybina is the 316th most popular athlete (down from 172nd in 2019), the 1,171st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,096th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Galina Zybina ranks 316 out of 6,025. Before her are Karen Hoff, Jürgen Schult, Frank Loomis, Maurice Greene, Merlene Ottey, and Faina Melnik. After her are Carlo Agostoni, Ron Clarke, Eero Lehtonen, Georgios Orphanidis, Erik Almlöf, and Carlo Pavesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Galina Zybina ranks 244. Before her are Elliott Belgrave, Robert Enrico, Sven Tumba, Shunichiro Okano, Ernst Degner, and León Febres Cordero. After her are Bernard Panafieu, Jean Béliveau, Yulian Semyonov, Mino De Rossi, Michel Deville, and José Alencar. Among people deceased in 2024, Galina Zybina ranks 236. Before her are William Calley, Mircea Diaconu, Wu Bangguo, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Roland Dumas, and Frans Janssens. After her are Michel Blanc, Paul Josef Cordes, Alan Rees, Willie Mays, Silvio Santos, and Rachid Mekhloufi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Zybina ranks 1,171 out of 3,761. Before her are Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834), Serhiy Tkach (1952), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Johannes Virolainen (1914), Alexey Sudayev (1912), and Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964). After her are Alexander Bestuzhev (1797), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Anna Filosofova (1837), Solomon Lefschetz (1884), Olena Teliha (1906), and Yulian Semyonov (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Galina Zybina ranks 14. Before her are Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), and Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938). After her are Sergey Litvinov (1958), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), Tatyana Kazankina (1951), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Pavel Lednyov (1943), and Renate Boy (1939).

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