 | | Title | Mrs. | | Name: | Galina | | Surname: | Zybina | | Nationality: |  Russian Federation | | Date of Birth: | 22/01/1931 | | Function: | Athlete | | | | Biography: | | Soviet shot-putter and javelin thrower who set eight consecutive world records in the shot put between 1952 and 1956 and won three Olympic medals.
Zybina's mother and brother perished from starvation and exposure during World War II, a fate she witnessed and to which she almost succumbed. | | | | Related Database Events: | | Olympic Games | 26/7/1952 |
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