Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (Russian: Галина Валентиновна Чистякова, Slovak: Galina Čisťaková; born July 26, 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.

She was born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR.

She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women. More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships. Later that year she underwent a knee operation and never returned to her old form.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her career she received Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia. She has the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London.^[1] Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now live in Slovakia.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] References

1. ^ National Records - top 30 countries in women's triple jump - The Athletics Site

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Galina Chistyakova

Records
Preceded by Heike Drechsler Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump World Record Holder June 11, 1988 —	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Li Huirong	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder Not officially ratified by the IAAF 1989-07-02 – 1990-08-25	Succeeded by Li Huirong
Sporting positions
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1988 — 1990	Succeeded by Heike Drechsler

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