Lyubov Galkina

Lyubov Vladimirovna Galkina (Russian: Любовь Владимировна Галкина; born March 15, 1973 in Alapayevsk ) is a Russian sport shooter in the discipline air rifle.

Galkina lives in Moscow. Since 2000 she has been successful in the elite area go. At the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000, she won the air rifle over 10 meters Fourth. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games of Athens were particularly successful for the Russian. In the small-bore three position, she won the gold medal, with the air rifle over 10 meters, she won silver behind Du Li. In Beijing, they took 2008 for the third time in the Olympic Games and won over 10 meters with air rifle behind Kateřina Emmons again silver and thus their third Olympic medal.

At the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb Galkina won in small-bore three position gold. In Europe the Russian Championships in 2005 in Belgrade in Three Positions Sixth and about 10 meters with the air rifle, she won the European Championships in Tallinn silver. Three years later she was able to win the title with the air rifle in Winterthur. Best World Cup results reached Galkina 2004 in Bangkok and 2006 in Granada. In the three positions they won their respective events at the World Cup Final events.