Galina Stepanskaya

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Olympic medal record
Women's Speed Skating
Gold	1976 Innsbruck	1,500 m

Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya (Russian: Галина Андреевна Степанская) (born 27 January 1949 in Leningrad, Russia) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.

She trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Galina Stepanskaya won gold on the 1,500 m. She was Soviet Allround Champion in 1976 and 1977 and won silver twice at the World Allround Championships (in 1977 and 1978).

[edit] World records

Over the course of her career, Stepanskaya skated 3 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

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	42.44
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

[edit] References

• Galina Stepanskaya at SkateResults.com

Olympic champions in women's 1500 m speed skating
1960: Lidia Skoblikova  | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Kaija Mustonen | 1972: Dianne Holum | 1976: Galina Stepanskaya | 1980: Annie Borckink | 1984: Karin Enke | 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Jacqueline Börner | 1994: Emese Hunyady | 1998: Marianne Timmer | 2002: Anni Friesinger | 2006: Cindy Klassen