Lyudmila Galkina flies through the air to take the gold medal in the women's long jump
at the 1997 World Championships.
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Women's Long Jump Final.
World Athletics Championships 1997.
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1. Lyudmila GALKINA |
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RUS |
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7.05m. |
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WL &
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PB
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2. N'ki Xánthou |
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GRE |
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6.94m. |
3. Fiona May |
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ITA |
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6.91m. |
4. Heike Daute-Drechsler |
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GER |
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6.89m. |
5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
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USA |
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6.79m. |
6. Susen Tiedtke |
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GER |
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6.78m. |
7. Viktoriya Vershinina |
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UKR |
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6.71m. |
8. Erica Johansson |
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SWE |
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6.64m. |
9. Magdalena Khristova |
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BUL |
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6.64m. |

Lyudmila Galkina pictured during the Long Jump competition at 2000 Olympic Games
In 1998 she won the bronze medal at the European Championships. Photo G. Herringshaw. ©
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Women's Long Jump Final.
European Championships 1998.
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1. Heike DRECHSLER |
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GER |
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7.16 |
2. Fiona MAY |
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ITA |
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7.11 |
3. Lyudmila GALKINA |
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RUS |
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7.06 |
4. Tünde VASZI |
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HUN |
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6.82 |
5. Erica JOHANSSON |
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SWE |
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6.75 |
6. Zita AJKLER |
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HUN |
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6.64 |
7. Linda FERGA |
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FRA |
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6.64 |
8. Susen TIEDTKE |
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GER |
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6.62 |
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2004 6.43 -0.6 Tartu 13 JUN
2003 6.74 +0.2 Moskva 14 JUL
2002 6.65 +0.2 Athína 30 MAY
2001 6.70 +0.1 Edmonton 07 AUG
2000 6.89 +2.0 Tartu 11 JUN
1999 6.95 Moskva 05 JUN
1998 6.99 +1.3 Helsinki 13 JUN
1997 7.05 +0.6 Athína 09 AUG (personal best)
1996 6.88 +1.4 Haniá 08 JUN
1994 6.78 +1.8 Oslo 22 JUL
1993 6.75 +0.9 Moskva 19 JUN
1992 6.60 +0.2 Moskva 11 JUN
1991 6.60 +0.5 Krasnodar 31 MAY
1990 6.63 +1.4 Budapest 30 JUN
1989 6.52 +1.6 Karl-Marx-Stadt 18 JUN