Galina Andreyevna Stepanskaya (; born 27 January 1949) is a former

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who competed for the

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. She won the 1,500 m event at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...

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. She was Soviet Allround Champion in 1976 and 1977 and won silver twice at the World Allround Championships, in 1977 and 1978. In 2009, she was awarded the

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World records

During her career, Stepanskaya set three

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Personal records

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* 1949 births Living people Soviet female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Saint Petersburg Olympic medalists in speed skating World record setters in speed skating Russian female speed skaters World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub