Galina Yermolayeva (cyclist)
Galina Yermolayeva in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1937-02-04) 4 February 1937 (age 87) Novokhopyorsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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- 1958–61: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1962: Valentina Savina
- 1963: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1964: Irina Kirichenko
- 1965: Valentina Savina
- 1966: Irina Kirichenko
- 1967: Valentina Savina
- 1968: Alla Bagiyanz
- 1969–71: Galina Tsareva
- 1972: Galina Yermolayeva
- 1973: Sheila Young
- 1974: Tamara Piltsikova
- 1975: Sue Novara-Reber
- 1976: Sheila Young
- 1977–79: Galina Tsareva
- 1980: Sue Novara-Reber
- 1981: Sheila Young
- 1982–84: Connie Paraskevin
- 1985: Isabelle Nicoloso
- 1987: Erika Salumäe
- 1989: Erika Salumäe
- 1990: Connie Paraskevin
- 1991: Ingrid Haringa
- 1993: Tanya Dubnicoff
- 1994: Galina Yenyukhina
- 1995–99: Félicia Ballanger
- 2000: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2001: Svetlana Grankovskaya
- 2002: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2003–04: Svetlana Grankovskaya
- 2005: Victoria Pendleton
- 2006: Natallia Tsylinskaya
- 2007–10: Victoria Pendleton
- 2011: Anna Meares
- 2012: Victoria Pendleton
- 2013: Becky James
- 2014–15: Kristina Vogel
- 2016: Zhong Tianshi
- 2017–18: Kristina Vogel
- 2019: Lee Wai-sze
- 2020–21: Emma Hinze
- 2022: Mathilde Gros
- 2023: Emma Finucane