Galina Savinkova (russian: Галина Савинкова; born 15 July 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, who set the world record in the women's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

on 23 May 1983 with a distance of 73.26 metres. A year later, on 8 September 1984 in

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, she reached 73.28 metres. That mark still is the

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n national record.

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Soviet female discus throwers 1953 births Living people World record setters in athletics (track and field) Place of birth missing (living people) European Athletics Championships medalists Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Sportspeople from Kemerovo Russian female discus throwers {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub