Galina Yakovlevna Minaicheva (russian: Галина Яковлевна Минаичева; born 17 October 1929) was a Russian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, finishing within the first 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold, one silver and one bronze medal. Minaicheva married a Georgian man and moved to Tbilisi, changing her last name to Sharabidze (russian: Шарабидзе). Under this name she won a team gold medal at the

1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Sociali ...

. In 1957 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Tbilisi and worked as a gymnastics coach.

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Biography of Galina Minaicheva
1929 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Soviet female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships {{Russia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub