Galina Leontyeva

Galina Leontyeva
Personal information
Full nameGalina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (Yelintskaya)
Born(1941-11-06)6 November 1941
Lykoshino, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died4 February 2016(2016-02-04) (aged 74)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bulgaria Team
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Leontyeva.

Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (Russian: Гали́на Алекса́ндровна Лео́нтьева; 6 November 1941 – 4 February 2016) was a Russian volleyball player who represented the USSR at the Olympics.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Galina Leontyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
  2. ^ Умерла двукратная олимпийская чемпионка по волейболу Галина Леонтьева. mk.ru (in Russian).