Galina Malchugina

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Galina Malchugina
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 4 × 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul 4 × 100 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Stuttgart 4 × 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Tokyo 4 × 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Gothenburg 200 m
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Helsinki 4 × 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Split 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Helsinki 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Budapest 4 × 100 m

Galina Vyacheslavovna Malchugina (Russian : Галина Вячеславовна Мальчугина, born 17 December 1962 in Bryansk) is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet (later Unified Team, later Russian) relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. In the individual distance 200 metres her success came mostly on European level, although she won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships.

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Her daughter Yuliya Chermoshanskaya won a gold medal in 4x100 metre relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics but was later stripped of this medal due to doping charges.

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea8th200 m22.42
3rd4 × 100 m relay 42.75
1989 Universiade Duisburg, Germany1st200 m22.70
2nd4 × 100 m relay43.25
World Cup Barcelona, Spain5th200 m23.12
2nd4 × 100 m relay42.76
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom3rd200 metres23.04
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia3rd200 m 22.23 wind: +0.3 m/s
4 × 100 m relay DNF
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan5th200 m22.66
2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.20
Representing Olympic flag.svg   Unified Team
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain8th200 m22.63
2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.16
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany7th200 m22.50
1st4 × 100 m relay 41.49
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France1st200 m 22.41
European Championships Helsinki, Finland3rd200 m 22.90 wind: +0.2 m/s
2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.96
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden3rd200 m22.37
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States5th200 m22.45
4th4 × 100 m relay 42.27
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary3rd4 × 100 m relay 42.73

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