Galina Gorokhova

Soviet fencer

Born

31 August 1938, Moscow

Citizenship

Soviet Union, Russia

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer, coach

Height

168 cm (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

59 kg (130 lb)

Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (Russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet retired fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, as well as a nine-time world gold medalist. She is also the coach of the Russian Olympic fencing team.

She is a laureate of the national sports award of the Ministry of Sport of Russia, in the nomination "Epoch in Sport".

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Silver Olympic Order 1998
• Honored Physical Culture Worker of the Russian Federation
• Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
• Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
• Medal "For Labour Valour"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
• Medal "Veteran of Labour"
• Merited Coach of Russia
• Merited Coach of the USSR
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q272122 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.