Galina Urbanovich
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FullnameGalina Napoleonovna Urbanovich
Born5 September 1917
Died8 May 2011 (aged 93)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
| Galina Urbanovich | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich |
| Born | 5 September 1917 |
| Died | 8 May 2011 (aged 93) |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Soviet Union |
| Retired | 1953 |
Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (Russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award.[1][2] She was from a Lithuanian family.
In 2016, she was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
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