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.[1][2]
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Born | Velikie Luki, Russia | 19 April 1950||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Lokomotiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- 1st
- 1970
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
- 1971
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
- 1974
- UCI World Championships
- 3rd
Sprint
- 3rd
- 1977
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
- 1978
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
- 1979
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
- 1980
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd
Sprint
- 2nd
- 1987
- 3rd Paris, Sprint
- 1989
- 1st Paris, Sprint
References
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