Galina Chistyakova

She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989.

Galina Chistyakova

Personal information
Native name	Галина Валентиновна Чистякова
Full name	Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova
Nationality	Russian / Slovak
Born	(1962-07-26) 26 July 1962 (age 61) Izmail, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Long jump, triple jump
Club	CSKA Moscow
Coached by	Vyatscheslav Sokolow
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long jump: 7.52 m WR Triple jump: 14.76 m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Long jump European Championships 1986 Stuttgart Long jump World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Long jump European Indoor Championships 1985 Athens Long jump 1989 The Hague Long jump 1990 Glasgow Long jump 1990 Glasgow Triple jump 1987 Liévin Long jump 1988 Budapest Long jump
Updated on 13 August 2014.

Born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR, Chistyakova trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women. More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships. Later that year she underwent a knee operation but never returned to her old form.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her career she received Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia. She used to hold the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London. This mark was bettered by Dana Velďáková. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia.