Galima Shugurova

Galima Akhmetkareevna Shugurova (Russian: Галима Ахметкареевна Шугурова; Tatar: Галима Әхмәтгәрәй кызы Шөгурова; born 8 November 1953 in Omsk) is a retired rhythmic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union.

Shugurova was born to a Siberian Tatar family in the city of Omsk, in western Siberia.

Both of the ribbon routines at this Championship were to the same music – a piece from Georges Bizet's ballet "Carmen".

[2] She began to experience lower back pain in 1977 and was diagnosed with osteochondrosis and dysplasia in her spine.

Medical treatment was successful, and she won several more gold medals in the event finals at the 1977 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.