Galina Minaicheva

Galina Minaicheva
Personal information
Born	29 December 1929; Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow; Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships

Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (Russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 29 December 1929) was a Russian 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

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

External links

Biography of Galina Minaicheva (in Russian)

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[r1-1] Galina Minaicheva Archived August 31, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. olympedia.org

[r3-2] 1954 World Championships. gymn-forum.net

[r2-3] Минаичева Галина Яковлевна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[b1-4] Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.