Lyudmila Ivanovna Galkina (russian: Людмила Ивановна Галкина; born January 20, 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er, but thereafter later focused on the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.

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* 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Saratov Russian female long jumpers Russian female triple jumpers Olympic female long jumpers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

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