Yulia Kanakina

Yulia Kanakina
Kanakina at the Lake Placid World Cup in 2017
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Born (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Skeleton
Medal record
Junior World Championships
2017 Sigulda women
2018 St. Moritz women

Yuliya Artemovna Kanakina (Russian: Юлия Артёмовна Канакина; born 11 December 1995) is a Russian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international competition in 2011, and was promoted to the World Cup squad in the 2014–15 season. Before starting skeleton, Kanakina was a ballet dancer. She was the IBSF Junior World Champion in women's skeleton for 2017 in Sigulda, and finished 26th in the senior IBSF World Championships later that year.[1][2] In 2018, Kanakina took silver at the Junior World Championships, 0.81 seconds behind Anna Fernstädt.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Yulia KANAKINA". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. ↑ Stahlhacke, Angela (13 December 2017). "Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Skeleton Athletes Anna Fernstädt and Nikita Tregubov Junior World Champions" (Press release). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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