Galina Urbanovich

Galina Urbanovich
Full name Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich
Country represented  Soviet Union
Born 5 September 1917
Baku, Azerbaijan
Died 8 May 2011(2011-05-08) (aged 93)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Retired 1953

Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (Russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award.[1][2] She was from a Lithuanian family.

References

  1. ↑ Urbanovich's death Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. at sportgymrus.ru (Russian)
  2. ↑ Like A Ballerina 2003 article at sovsport.ru (Russian)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Galina Urbanovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
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