Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (Russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award.[1][2] She was from a Lithuanian family.
| Galina Urbanovich | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich |
| Country represented |  Soviet Union |
| Born | 5 September 1917 Baku, Special Transcaucasian Committee |
| Died | 8 May 2011 (aged 93) |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Retired | 1953 |
In 2016, she was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
References edit
- ^ Urbanovich's death Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine at sportgymrus.ru (Russian)
- ^ Like A Ballerina 2003 article at sovsport.ru (Russian)
- ^ "Galina Urbanovich".
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Galina Urbanovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
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