Galina Kukleva, the 1998 Olympic biathlon champion and three-time… (куклёв · галина · чемпионка)

Galina Kukleva, the 1998 Olympic biathlon champion and three-time world champion, has died at the age of 53.

Consensus

Galiya Kukleva died at the age of 53 on the night of July 13–14, 2021.
She was an Olympic champion in biathlon, winning gold in the sprint event at the Nagano 1998 Olympics.
She was a three-time world champion in relay races.
She had 23 victories in World Cup stages and won medals at multiple Winter Olympics.
After retiring from competition, she worked as a coach and teacher at Tyumen State University.
She was awarded the Order of Merit and the Medal of the Order 'For Services to the Fatherland' II degree.
The press service of the Biathlon Union of Russia and the head of the Tyumen City Duma expressed condolences.

She won gold in the sprint at Nagano 1998 by a margin of only 0.7 seconds. — riamo
The cause of death was not disclosed, and she died on July 14, 2021. — vm
She won a silver medal in the relay at Nagano 1998 and a bronze medal in the relay at Salt Lake City 2002; she was also a European champion in 1996, and had four silver and seven bronze medals in World Cup stages. — vesti
She was awarded the title of Master of Sport of the USSR in 1990 and Master of Sport of Russia in 1998. — m24