Galina Leontieva ( before 1967 - Yelnitskaya ) ( November 6, 1941 , village of Lykoshino, Danilovsky District , Yaroslavl Region - February 4, 2016 , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation ) - Soviet volleyball player of the USSR team (1967 -1972). Two - time Olympic champion (1968 and 1972), world champion 1970 , two- time European champion . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1968). The game function is a binder.
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| Full name | Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (Yelnitskaya) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | “Labor Reserves” (Leningrad), Spartak (Leningrad) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | November 6, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Lykoshino , Danilovsky district , Yaroslavl region , RSFSR , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | February 4, 2016 ( 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russian Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 1959-1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 170 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Started playing volleyball in Leningrad . The first coach is L.E. Osetrov. She played for the team: 1959-1962 - "Labor reserves" (Leningrad), 1962-1978 - "Spartak" (Leningrad) . Winner of the USSR Cup 1976 and 1977. As part of the national team of Leningrad, she became a two-time silver medalist of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1963 and 1971; in 1963, at the same time, the 2nd prize-winner of the USSR championship ).
In 1965, as part of the student team of the USSR, she became the winner of the World Universiade .
In the USSR national team in official competitions she performed in 1967-1972. It consists of: two-time Olympic champion ( 1968 and 1972 ), world champion 1970 , two- time European champion ( 1967 and 1971 ).
In 1979-1992 she worked as a volleyball coach in Leningrad / St. Petersburg .
She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and medals.
She died on February 4, 2016 [1] .
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Source
- Volleyball. Encyclopedia / Comp. V.L. Sviridov, O.S. Chekhov. - Tomsk: Yanson Company, 2001.
Links
- Biography on the volleyball site of St. Petersburg
- "I worked out the planning feed, standing in front of the mirror." Interview with Sport Weekend February 16, 2007
- Galina Leontyeva - Olympic statistics on the website Sports-Reference.com (English)