Galina Murašova is a retired female discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

er, who competed for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also spelled as Murashova.

Murašova set the Lithuania

Lithuania

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n national record in the women's discus throw on August 18, 1984 in Prague

Prague

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, by throwing 72.14 metres. She claimed the silver medal in the women's discus throw event at the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 in Helsinki, Finland, behind East Germany's Martina Opitz

Martina Hellmann

Martina Hellmann, née Opitz , is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.Hellmann was sixteen years old when she...

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Achievements

Representing
1980	Summer Olympics	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	7th	63.84 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	67.44 m