Galina Savinkova

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Galina Savinkova (born 15 July 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on May 23, 1983 with a distance of 73.26 metres. A year later, on September 8, 1984 in Donetsk, she reached 73.28 metres. That mark still is the Russian national record.

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• All-Time Lists

Records
Preceded by Maria Petkova	Women's Discus World Record Holder May 23, 1983 – August 17, 1984	Succeeded by Irina Meszynski
Sporting positions
Preceded by Irina Meszynski	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1983	Succeeded by Zdeňka Šilhavá
Preceded by Zdeňka Šilhavá	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1985	Succeeded by Diana Gansky