Galina Georgievna Tsareva (; born 19 April 1950) is a retired Soviet sprint cyclist who dominated the UCI Track Cycling World Championships of 1969–1980, winning 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. Between 1969 and 1987 she won at least 10 national titles. She had an unusually long cycling career and was a candidate for the 1988 Olympic team, when women's track cycling was first introduced to the Olympics.
She married cycling coach Aleksandr Kuznetsov, they have three children. Nikolai (b. 1973) is a Russian cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics; Aleksei is also a competitive cyclist, whereas Svetlana (b. 1985) is a prominent Russian tennis player.
Major results
1969 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1970 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1971 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint
1974 UCI World Championships 3rd Sprint 1977 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1978 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint
1979 UCI World Championships 1st Sprint 1980 UCI World Championships 2nd Sprint 1987 3rd Paris, Sprint 1989 1st Paris, Sprint
References Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans (2011). Historical Dictionary of Cycling, Scarecrow Press, , p. 213 Царева Галина Георгиевна