Galina Zybina

Galina Zybina
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1952 Helsinki Shot put
Silver 1956 Melbourne Shot put
Bronze 1964 Tokyo Shot put

Galina Ivanovna Zybina (Russian: Галина Ивановна Зыбина) (born January 22, 1931 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put (1952–1956).

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