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Galina Tsareva
Personal information
Born (1950-04-19) 19 April 1950 (age 74)
Velikie Luki, Russia
Sport
SportTrack cycling
ClubLokomotiv
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Antwerp Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 1970 Leicester Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 1971 Varese Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Montreal Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 1977 San Cristóbal Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 1978 Munich Individual sprint
Gold medal – first place 1979 Amsterdam Individual sprint
Silver medal – second place 1980 Besançon Individual sprint

Galina Georgievna Tsareva (Russian: Галина Георгиевна Царева; born 19 April 1950) is a retired Soviet sprint cyclist who dominated the UCI Track Cycling World Championships of 1969–1980, winning 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. Between 1969 and 1987 she won at least 10 national titles. She had an unusually long cycling career and was a candidate for the 1988 Olympic team, when women's track cycling was first introduced to the Olympics.

She married cycling coach Aleksandr Kuznetsov, they have three children. Nikolai (b. 1973) is a Russian cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics; Aleksei is also a competitive cyclist, whereas Svetlana (b. 1985) is a prominent Russian tennis player.

Major Results

1969
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1970
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1971
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1974
UCI World Championships
3rd Sprint
1977
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1978
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1979
UCI World Championships
1st Sprint
1980
UCI World Championships
2nd Sprint
1987
3rd Paris, Sprint
1989
1st Paris, Sprint

References

  1. Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans (2011). Historical Dictionary of Cycling, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810873699, p. 213
  2. Царева Галина Георгиевна
UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's sprint
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