Galina Viktorovna Belyayeva (Russian: Галина Викторовна Беляева; born 23 September 1967 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian sport shooter.[2] She has been selected to compete for Russia in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a total of seven medals (one gold, three silver, and three bronze) at various meets of the ISSF World Cup series between 1992 and 2002.[1] Belyayeva trains under head coach Anatoliy Suslov for the national team, while serving in the military at CSKA Moscow.[1][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Galina Viktorovna Belyayeva |
| Nationality |  Russia |
| Born | 23 September 1967 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP40) 25 m pistol (SP) |
| Club | CSKA Moscow[1] |
| Coached by | Anatoliy Suslov[1] |
Belyayeva qualified for the Russian squad in the women's 25 m pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 581 to join with her fellow markswoman Natalia Paderina and fill in the Olympic quota place won by Irina Dolgacheva from the Worlds for Russia, following her sixth-place finish at the 2002 ISSF World Cup meet in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[1][4] Belyayeva shot a seamless 287 in precision and 279 in the rapid fire stage for an aggregate score of 566 points to finish in a distant thirty-first from a field of thirty-seven shooters.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Monika Rieder". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Galina Belyayeva". 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ^ ""Армейцы бьют в «десятку"" [CSKA beats the top ten] (in Russian). Krasnaya Zvezda. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's 25m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Афины-2004. Стрельба. Болгарская спортсменка выиграла с рекордом" [Athens 2004: Bulgarian has won with a record] (in Russian). REGNUM News Agency. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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