Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya

Galina Stepanskaya in 1976
Personal information
Born	(1949-01-27) 27 January 1949 Leningrad, Russia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Trud Leningrad
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 1,500 m World Championships 1977 Keystone Allround 1978 Helsinki Allround

Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya (Russian: Галина Андреевна Степанская; born 27 January 1949) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1,500 m event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She was Soviet Allround Champion in 1976 and 1977 and won silver twice at the World Allround Championships, in 1977 and 1978. In 2009 she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.

World records

During her career, Stepanskaya set three world records:

Distance	Result	Date	Location
3,000 m	4:40.59	16 March 1976	Medeo
3,000 m	4:31.00	23 March 1976	Medeo
Mini combination	173.810	23 March 1976	Medeo

Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	42.44	3 April 1978	Medeo
1,000 m	1:24.06	23 March 1976	Medeo
1,500 m	2:10.12	22 March 1976	Medeo
3,000 m	4:31.00	23 March 1976	Medeo