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{{About|the Russian-born Kazakh sport shooter|the Russian sport shooter|Galina Belyayeva (Russian sport shooter)}}
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| name = Galina Belyayeva
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| fullname = Galina Vasilyevna Belyayeva
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| nationality = {{KAZ}}
| residence = [[Shymkent]], Kazakhstan<ref name=issf/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russian SFSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
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| sport = [[Shooting sport|Shooting]]
| event =  10 m air pistol ([[AP40]])<br>25 m pistol ([[25 metre pistol|SP]])
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| coach = Sadulla Yunusmetova<ref name=issf/>
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Shooting sport|shooting]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1994 Milan | AP40 }}
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'''Galina Vasilyevna Belyayeva''' ({{lang-ru|Галина Васильевна Беляева}}; born 12 December 1951 in [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russian SFSR]]) is a Russian-born Kazakh sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Galina Belyayeva|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/galina-belyayeva-1.html|25 August 2015}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910220448/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/galina-belyayeva-1.html |date=September 10, 2015 }} </ref> She has competed for [[Kazakhstan]] in pistol shooting at two Olympics (1996, and 2004), and has been close to an Olympic medal in 1996 (finishing sixth in the air pistol). Outside her Olympic career, Belyayeva has produced a career tally of six medals in a major competition: a bronze in air pistol at the 1994 World Championships in [[Milan, Italy]] and five more (one gold, two silver, and two bronze) at numerous meets of the [[ISSF World Cup]] series.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Galina Belyayeva|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHKAZW1212195101|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> 

Belyayeva holds a dual citizenship to compete for [[Kazakhstan]], and also trains under head coach Sadulla Yunusmetova for the Kazakhstan national shooting team.<ref name=issf/><ref>{{cite news|title=Беляеву и Юнусметова пригласили на открытый чемпионат Германии|trans_title=Belyayeva and Yunusmetov were invited to compete at the Open Champs in Germany|language=ru|url=http://sport.gazeta.kz/news/belyaevu-i-yunusmetova-priglasili-na-otkrytyjj-chempionat-germanii-newsID9193.html|publisher=Gazeta.kz|date=7 January 2004|accessdate=23 August 2015}}</ref> Belyayev currently resides with her husband and 1996 Olympic silver medalist [[Sergey Belyayev]].<ref name=belyayeva-olympics>{{cite news|title=БЕЛЯЕВА - СТРЕЛЯЕТ СЕГОДНЯ|trans_title=Belyayev shoots today|language=ru|url=http://athens2004.gazeta.kz/print/?aid=13402|publisher=Gazeta.kz|date=16 August 2004|accessdate=23 August 2015}}</ref>

Belyayeva's Olympic debut came as part of the inaugural Kazakh team, along with her husband Sergey, at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. From there, she put up a brilliant aim at 481.7 points to chase her fellow markswoman [[Yuliya Bondareva]] for sixth place in the [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|air pistol]].<ref name=belyayeva-olympics/><ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Women's 10m Air Pistol|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p2.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|work=[[Atlanta 1996]]|publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]]|page=118|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> Belyayeva also competed in the [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|sport pistol]], but failed to reach the final after finishing in a distant thirtieth from a field of thirty-seven shooters with a total score of 567 (286 in precision and 281 in the rapid-fire).<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Women's 25m Pistol|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p2.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|work=[[Atlanta 1996]]|publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]]|page=117|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

After losing her 2000 bid to Bondareva and newcomer [[Dina Aspandiyarova]] (who later represented [[Australia]] at the succeeding Games), Belyayeva returned from an eight-year-absence to compete for her second Kazakh team, as the oldest athlete (aged 51), in pistol shooting at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]].<ref name=belyayeva-olympics/> She managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 580 in the sport pistol to gain an Olympic quota place for [[Kazakhstan]], following an outside-final finish at the Worlds in [[Lahti]], [[Finland]] two years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification |url=http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |format=[[PDF]] |publisher=Majority Sports |page=10 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2015 |df= }}</ref> In the [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]], held on the third day of the Games, Belyayeva fired a frustrating 373 out of a possible 400 to obtain a thirty-third position in a field of forty-one shooters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532238.stm|work=[[Athens 2004]]|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> In her signature event, the [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]], Belyayeva upgraded her unsteady air pistol feat to shoot a substantial 292 in precision stage and 285 in rapid-fire for a total score of 577 points, finishing in an unprecedented tie with four other shooters for thirteenth place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting: Women's 25m Pistol Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532246.stm|work=[[Athens 2004]]|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{ISSF name|SHKAZW1212195101}}

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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female sport shooters]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:People from Shymkent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg]]