Galina Popova

Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née Vinogradova 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2017) was a Russian track athlete.

She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.

[3][4] Popova took up athletics in 1951 and was a member of the Soviet national team between 1953 and 1964.

After retiring from competitions in 1964 she worked at the Lesgaft University, where in 1971 she defended a PhD on "Gas exchange and oxygenation of arterial blood during muscular load of maximum intensity".

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