Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a

Soviet 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, ...

Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the

1952 Helsinki games 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 ...

. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award. She was from a

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

family. In 2016, she was elected to the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

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* 1917 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Baku People from Baku Governorate Azerbaijani female artistic gymnasts Soviet female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Olympic medalists in gymnastics Azerbaijani people of Lithuanian descent Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Azerbaijan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub