Lyudmila Galkina

Lyudmila Galkina (Russian: Людмила Галкина; born January 20, 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was taking the World Championship title in 1997, with a personal best jump of 7.05 metres.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	7th	6.45 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Representing Russia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	6.74 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	16th (q)	6.26 m (wind: -1.5m/s)
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	6.95 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	7.05 m PB
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	7.06 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd	6.68 m

External links

• Lyudmila Galkina profile at IAAF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1997	Succeeded by Marion Jones