Galina Savinkova (Russian: Галина Савинкова; born 15 July 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 23 May 1983 with a distance of 73.26 metres. A year later, on 8 September 1984 in Donetsk, she reached 73.28 metres. That mark still is the Russian national record.^{[citation needed]}

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Preceded by Mariya Petkova	Women's Discus World Record Holder 23 May 1983 – 17 August 1984	Succeeded by Irina Meszynski
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Preceded by Irina Meszynski	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1983	Succeeded by Zdeňka Šilhavá
Preceded by Zdeňka Šilhavá	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1985	Succeeded by Diana Gansky

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