Galina Pedan (born 29 May 1983) is a Kyrgyzstani athlete who specializes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

. She finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and fifth at the

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. She also competed at the

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and

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without reaching the final. Her personal best time was 56.16 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in

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* 1983 births Living people Kyrgyzstani female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kyrgyzstan Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent 20th-century Kyrgyzstani women 21st-century Kyrgyzstani women {{Kyrgyzstan-athletics-bio-stub