What is Galina Prozumenshchikova?
[[File:Galina Prozumenshchikova 1966b.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Galina Prozumenshchikova in 1966]] '''Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova''' ({{lang-ru|Галина Николаевна Прозуменщикова}}, {{lang-uk|Галина Миколаївна Прозуменщикова}});<ref>Because of the differences in transliterations from [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], her name is variably written as Galina/Halyna Nikolayevna/Nikolaevna/Mikolaivna Prozumenshchikova/Prozumenschikova/Prozumenchikova, and the middle name is usually omitted.</ref> 26 November 1948 &ndash; 19 July 2015) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[breaststroke]] swimmer. She was bornn in [[Sevastopol]], [[Russian SFSR]]. She won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970. Her first Olympic medal, the gold in 200 m breaststroke in 1964, was the first Olympic gold in swimming for the Soviet Union. In 1964–1966 she set five world records: four in [[World record progression 200 metres breaststroke|200 m]] and one in [[World record progression 100 metres breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]] events. Between 1963 and 1972 she won 15 national titles and set 27 national records. She died of an illness in [[Moscow]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prozumenshchikova, Galina}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]] <!--[[Category:Soviet Olympic bronze medalists]]--> [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Soviet swimmers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}