Galina Chistyakova

Galina Chistyakova is a Soviet-born track-and-field athlete who set the women’s long-jump world record in 1988 and later represented Slovakia.

Women’s long-jump world record: The best officially recognized performance in the women’s long jump. Chistyakova’s 7.52-metre leap established the record in 1988.
Heike Drechsler: A German long jumper and sprinter who won two Olympic long-jump gold medals. Drechsler was a leading rival in the era of Chistyakova’s record.
Long jump: A track-and-field event in which athletes sprint, take off from a board, and leap for distance. It is the event in which Chistyakova set her world record.
Women’s long-jump records: The sequence of officially recognized best performances in the women’s long jump. Chistyakova’s mark has endured across successive generations of record attempts.
1988 European Athletics Championships: The European Athletics Championships held in Budapest in 1988. Chistyakova won the long jump there shortly after setting her world record.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: An American track-and-field athlete renowned for the heptathlon and long jump. Joyner-Kersee competed against Chistyakova at the 1988 Olympics.
Track and field: A sport comprising running, jumping, throwing, and combined athletics events. Chistyakova’s career developed within this Olympic sport.
Soviet Union national athletics team: The national athletics team that represented the Soviet Union in international competition. Chistyakova set her record while competing for the Soviet Union.
1988 Olympic Games: The Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul in 1988. Chistyakova competed in the long jump for the Soviet Union at the Games.
Galina Malchugina: A Soviet and Russian sprinter who won Olympic and world championship medals. Malchugina was among the Soviet teammates in Chistyakova’s athletics generation.

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