Galina Urbanovich

Galina Urbanovich
 Gymnast 
Full name Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich
Country represented  Soviet Union
Born 5 September 1917
Baku, Azerbaijan
Died 8 May 2011 (aged 93)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Retired 1953

Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (Russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award.[1][2]

References

  1. Urbanovich's death at sportgymrus.ru (Russian)
  2. Like A Ballerina 2003 article at sovsport.ru (Russian)

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