Ekaterina Galkina
| Ekaterina Galkina Екатерина Галкина | |
|---|---|
| Curler | |
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| Born | 10 August 1988 |
| Team | |
| Curling club |
Moskvitch CC, Moscow, RUS |
| Skip | Anna Sidorova |
| Third | Margarita Fomina |
| Second | Alexandra Saitova |
| Lead | Ekaterina Galkina |
| Alternate | Nkeirouka Ezekh |
| Career | |
| World Championship appearances | 10 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
| European Championship appearances | 10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
Medal record
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Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (Russian: Екатерина Владимировна Галкина; born 10 August 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian curler.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team. A year later this team won the 2006 European Curling Championships.
She has studied Management and International Relations at the Russian State University of Humanities.[1]
In January 2010 Galkina was officially named to the Russian Olympic Team.[2] She and her teammates represented Russia at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, from 15 to 23 March. The team had an 8-3 record in the round robin and was seeded third in the playoffs. Team Russia lost the 3-4 Page playoff game to Team Korea, but later defeated Team Korea to win the bronze medal. It was the first medal for Russia in the world women's curling championships.
Teammates
Anna Sidorova, Skip
Margarita Fomina, Third
Alexandra Saitova, Second
Nkeirouka Ezekh, Alternate
References
External links
- Ekaterina Galkina on the World Curling Federation database
- Ekaterina Galkina on the World Curling Tour database
- Ekaterina Galkina on the CurlingZone database
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Yekaterina Galkina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- Official website of Team Sidorova