Galina Prozumenshchikova

Galina Prozumenshchikova (1948 to 2015) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer, born in Sevastopol, who also swam in medley relays. She won five Olympic medals across the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Games and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970. Her gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke in 1964 was the first Olympic gold in swimming for the Soviet Union. Between 1964 and 1966 she set five world records, four in the 200 metres and one in the 100 metres breaststroke, and she won fifteen national titles and set 27 national records between 1963 and 1972. After retiring she studied journalism at Moscow State University, worked as a sports functionary and coached children at CSKA. She was named one of the 100 greatest swimmers in history in a 2013 book by John Lohn and died in Moscow in 2015.