Galina Minaicheva
Personal information
Born (1929-12-29) 29 December 1929
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubDynamo Moscow; Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1952 HelsinkiTeam
Silver medal – second place1952 HelsinkiTeam PA
Bronze medal – third place1952 HelsinkiVault
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1954 RomeTeam

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 29 December 1929) is a Russian retired artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within the first 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.[1]

Minaicheva married a Georgian man and moved to Tbilisi, changing her last name to Sharabidze (Russian: Шарабидзе).[1] Under this name she won a team gold medal at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2] In 1957 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Tbilisi and worked as a gymnastics coach.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Galina Minaicheva Archived August 31, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. olympedia.org
  2. ↑ 1954 World Championships. gymn-forum.net
  3. ↑ Минаичева Галина Яковлевна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.


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