page_title: Galina Prozumenshchikova
section_title: Awards and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Galina Prozumenshchikova / Awards and honors
caption_attribution_description: CAMPIONI dello SPORT 1973/74-Figurina n.242- STEPANOVA - NUOTO -Rec
context_page_description: Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who also competed in medley relays. She won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970. Her first Olympic medal, the gold in 200 m breaststroke in 1964, was the first Olympic gold in swimming for the Soviet Union. From 1964 to 1966, she set five world records: four in 200 m and one in 100 m breaststroke events. Between 1963 and 1972, she won 15 national titles and set 27 national records.
context_section_description: In 2013, two years before her death, Prozumenshchikova was recognized as one of the "100 Greatest Swimmers in History" in a book by swim journalist John Lohn. She ranked at number 60 in the book, which highlighted her Olympic and European medals and prowess in setting new world records.
  Prozumenshchikova also received special distinctions from her mother country, including:
  Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1972)
  Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993)
  Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (twice)
caption: Prozumenshchikova c. 1972
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