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2022 Nornickel Curling Cup
The 2022 Nornickel Curling Cup, the sixth edition of the traditional World Curling Tour event, was held from May 26 to 29 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. For all the teams competing, it was their final event of the 2021–22 curling season. The WCT Arctic Cup is usually a tour event that attracts teams from all over the world. However, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 2022 edition of the event was contested between six Russian teams, including members from Belarus and Italy, three men's and three women's. Leading the field were the two Russian Olympic teams that represented the ROC at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sergey Glukhov and Alina Kovaleva. The women's Olympic team from the 2014 Winter Olympics was also brought back together to play in this event, skipped by Anna Sidorova, as well as the men's team skip Alexey Stukalskiy. Four Russian players, Alexander Krushelnitskiy, Alexey Timofeev, Kristina Dudko and Anna Samoylik played with international te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudinka
Dudinka (russian: Дуди́нка; Nenets: Тут'ын, ''Tutꜧyn'') is a town on the Yenisei River and the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It used to be the administrative center of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, which was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007. Population: History It was founded in 1667 as a winter settlement connected to Mangazeya. In 1930 it was designated the administrative center of the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets National Region. In 1935, the polar explorer Otto Schmidt recommended that the settlement be expanded into a town. By 1937, the port facilities and a railroad to Norilsk were completed. Town status was granted in 1951. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dudinka serves as the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District.Law #10-4765 As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Kovaleva
Alina Romanovna Kovaleva (russian: Алина Романовна Ковалёва; born 18 February 1993) is a Russian curler from Saint Petersburg. Her major achievement to date was winning the 2015 European Curling Championships as alternate. Kovaleva is Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2016). Career Kovaleva practiced curling in her school years in her hometown Slantsy. She then moved to St. Petersburg to the Sports School of Olympic Reserve, No. 2. After three years of curling, she and her coach Alexey Tselousov became national champions and silver medalists at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Since then, she has been active in mixed tournaments. From 2013 to 2014, she was a member of the national junior team, winning the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi and the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims. Kovaleva plays for Adamant in St. Petersburg as a skip. As a member of the club, she won the 2013 Russian Cup and became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Curling Season
The 2018–19 curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ... season began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' World Curling Federation events Championships Qualification events Curling World Cup Curling Canada events Championships Other events World Curling Tour Teams :''See: List of teams on the 2018–19 World Curling Tour'' ''Grand Slam events in bold. Men's events Women's events Mixed doubles events WCT rankings Money list Notes References External linksWorld Curling Tour Home [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Galkina
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (russian: Екатери́на Влади́мировна Га́лкина; 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 for the Humanities. In January 2010 Galkina was officially named to the Russian Olympic Team. 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. The team also competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkeirouka Ezekh
Nkeirouka Khilarievna "Kira" Ezekh (russian: Нкеирука (Кира) Хилариевна Езех; born October 17, 1983) is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team out of Saint Petersburg. The team won the 2022 Russian Curling Championships. She has competed at fifteen World Women's Curling Championships and seventeen European Curling Championships. She won a silver medal at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship, as well as three bronze medals from 2014 to 2016 as part of the Anna Sidorova rink. She has won the European Championship three times (, , ) as well as a silver and bronze medal in 2014 and 2011 respectively. Ezekh represented Russia four times at the Winter Olympic Games in 2002 Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006, Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, 2010 and Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, 2014, with her best finish coming in 2006 where her team finished in sixth with a 5–4 record. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Fomina
Margarita Mikhailovna Fomina (russian: Маргари́та Миха́йловна Фомина́; born 19 August 1988 in Dmitrov) is a curler from Moscow, Russia. She was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships. She received her education at the Moscow Institute of Economics and Humanities. Teammates 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Anna Sidorova, ''Skip'' Alexandra Saitova, ''Second'' Ekaterina Galkina, ''Lead'' Nkeirouka Ezekh Nkeirouka Khilarievna "Kira" Ezekh (russian: Нкеирука (Кира) Хилариевна Езех; born October 17, 1983) is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team out of Saint Petersburg. The team won the 2022 Russian Curli ..., ''Alternate'' References External links *Official website of Team Sidorova 1988 births Living people People from Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast Russian female curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Komarova
Maria Andreevna Komarova (russian: Мари́я Андре́евна Комаро́ва; born April 24, 1998, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian female curler. She currently plays third on Team Alina Kovaleva Alina Romanovna Kovaleva (russian: Алина Романовна Ковалёва; born 18 February 1993) is a Russian curler from Saint Petersburg. Her major achievement to date was winning the 2015 European Curling Championships as alternate .... Teams and events Women's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links *Curling World Cup profile Living people 1998 births Curlers from Saint Petersburg Russian female curlers Universiade medalists in curling Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Russia {{Russia-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Kuzmina
Ekaterina Anatolievna Kuzmina (russian: Екатери́на Анато́льевна Кузьмина́; born January 5, 1996) is a Russian curler from Moscow. Awards and honours * Master of Sports of Russia Master of Sports of Russia (MS) (russian: Мастер спорта России (МС)) is a sports honorary title in the Russian Federation and a direct successor to the similar Soviet classification system. To assign the title of MS prerequis ... (curling, 2015). * Master of Sports of Russia, International Class (curling, 2016). Teams and events Women's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links *Curling World Cup profile Living people 1996 births Curlers from Moscow Russian female curlers Russian curling champions Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in curling Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Russia {{Russia-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Arsenkina
Galina Petrovna Arsenkina (russian: Гали́на Петро́вна Арсе́нькина; born June 6, 1991, in Zelenograd) is a retired Russian curler from Moscow. She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics as the second on the Olympic Athletes from Russia and Russian Olympic Committee women's curling teams, skipped by Victoria Moiseeva and Alina Kovaleva respectively. She has won two medals at the World Women's Curling Championship: a bronze in and a silver in . She was also the second on Team Moiseeva when they won the 2016 European Curling Championships. Career During her junior career, Arsenkina competed in four straight World Junior Curling Championships from 2009 to 2012. After failing to win a medal in their first two appearances, the Russian team was successful in 2011. The team, consisting of Arsenkina, Anna Sidorova, Olga Zyablikova, Ekaterina Antonova and Victoria Moiseeva defeated Sweden's Sara McManus 9–3 in the bronze medal game to win Russia's se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulia Portunova
Yulia Alexandrova Portunova (russian: Ю́лия Алекса́ндровна Портуно́ва; born May 4, 1994) is a Russian curler from Kaliningrad. She currently plays third on Team Alina Kovaleva. She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics as the alternate on Olympic Athletes from Russia and the third on the Russian Olympic Committee women's curling teams, skipped by Victoria Moiseeva and Alina Kovaleva respectively. She has won two medals at the World Women's Curling Championship: a bronze in and silver in . She was also the alternate for the Moiseeva rink when they won the 2016 European Curling Championships. Career Portunova broke onto the national stage at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships, where she threw fourth stones for the Russian team skipped by Alina Kovaleva. After qualifying for the tiebreaker round with a 5–4 round robin record, the Russian team won four sudden-death games en route to capturing the World Junior title. It was Russia's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Samoylik
Anna Sergeevna Samoylik (russian: А́нна Серге́евна Само́йлик) (russian: Вене́вцева) (born August 28, 1995) is a Russian curler. She competes in mixed doubles curling on the World Curling Tour with teammate Mikhail Vaskov. Samoylik played on the Russian Team at the 2019 Winter Universiade, in her hometown of Krasnoyarsk. As the alternate on the team skipped by Uliana Vasileva, she only saw ice time in one game, against Switzerland. The team took home the bronze medal. On the World Curling Tour, she and partner Mikhail Vaskov won the 2021 MD Moscow Classic, and have been runners up at the 2021 WCT Arctic Cup The 2021 WCT Arctic Cup, a mixed doubles curling event on the World Curling Tour, was held May 27 to 30 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. It was the final event of the 2020–21 curling season. The total purse for the event was Euro, ..., Sirius Cup and Pacific Cup Vladivostok. She was also the runner-up at the 2019 WC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Vyacheslavovich Timofeev (russian: Алексе́й Вячесла́вович Тимофе́ев; born 22 February 1991 in Slantsy, Soviet Union) is a Russian curler from Saint Petersburg. He skipped the Russian national men's curling team at the 2016 and 2017 European Curling Championships. He has also played in three World Curling Championships in , and 2018, skippering the team to an 8th place finish at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. On the World Curling Tour, Timofeev won his first event at the 2018 KW Fall Classic. Awards * Russian Men's Curling Championship: Gold (2014, 2019), Silver (2015). * Russian Men's Curling Cup: Gold (2013, 2014, 2016), Silver (2020). * Russian Mixed Curling Championship: Gold (2014, 2020). * Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: Silver (2020). * Master of Sports of Russia. Personal life He is a student at the St. Petersburg Specialized School of Olympic Reserve, No. 2 (technical school). Teammates 2016 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
