Galina Yermolayeva (cyclist)
![]() Galina Yermolayeva in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Novokhopyorsk, Russia | 4 February 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trud, CSKA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Galina Vasilievna Yermolayeva (Russian: Галина Васильевна Ермолаева; born 4 February 1937) is a retired Soviet sprint cyclist who dominated the UCI Track Cycling World Championships of 1958–1973, winning 6 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals.[1] Between 1956 and 1973 she also won at least 10 national titles.[2][3]
She was born in Novokhopyorsk, but after World War II her family moved to Moscow, where her father worked as a taxi driver. As a teenager she competed at the national level in cross-country skiing but then after a frostbite accident changed to cycling. Later for her cycling achievements she was given a car, a personal gift of Leonid Brezhnev.[2]
She graduated in construction engineer and later married Anatoly Vasiliev (Russian: Анатолий Серге́евич Васильев), changing her last name to Vasilieva.[2]
References
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- ^ Galina Ermolaeva. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ a b c ГОНЩИЦА СТАЛА НЕВЫЕЗДНОЙ. Trud, #197, 31 October 2002
- ^ Ермолаева Галина Васильевна. velorider.ru