Galina Marinova (artistic gymnast)
Galina Marinova (Bulgarian: Галина Маринова, born 1 November 1964) is a retired Bulgarian gymnast. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events with the best result of 19th place on the floor; her team finished sixth.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 November 1964 (age 55) |
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 38 kg (84 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Marinova grew up in Bulgaria she started gymnastics at age 8. She started working toward an Elite career in gymnastics when she was in 5th grade. When she was in 7th grade she became National Champion. After that, she became a junior national team member.
She then qualified for the World Championships as an alternate but one of the gymnasts got injured so she filled in and she finished in All Arounds. After the World Championships, she started training for the Olympics in Moscow. She won in All Arounds at the Olympics and the 1981 World Championships.
After retiring she still had a passion for the sport so she decided to start her own gym in America. She called the gym All Olympia Gymnastics Center which is currently located in Calabasas California.
Her accomplishments:
- 1979 World Championship Finalist in All-Around
- 1980 Olympic Finalist
- 1981 World and European Championship Finalist in All-Around
- 1982 Championships of All in London, Gold Medalist All-Around
- Cottbus World Championships Gold Medalist on Floor Exercise
- 1980-1982 Gold Sands International Gold Medalist in All-Around
- 1983 European and Olympic Test Event, 10th in All-Around