Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (russian: Екатери́на Влади́мировна Га́лкина; born 10 August 1988 in

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) is a Russian curler. At the

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, in

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, she was part of

Ludmila Privivkova Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova (russian: Людмила Андреевна Прививкова) (born 13 September 1986 in Moscow; also spelled Ludmila or Liudmilla, but she spells it Liudmila) is a Curling, curler (Skip (curling), Skip) from Ru ...

's team. A year later this team won the

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. She has studied Management and International Relations at the

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. In January 2010 Galkina was officially named to the Russian Olympic Team. She and her teammates represented Russia at the

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held in

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, 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

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held in

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, Russia, and finished in ninth place. Galkina is a five-time Russian women's champion curler. She played on many international events as a member of national or club teams.Ekaterina Galkina's past teams
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Teams

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References

External links

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Official website of Team Sidorova
(web archive)
ГАЛКИНА Екатерина Владимировна , Российские спортсмены и специалисты , Спортивная Россия
(Galkina Ekaterina Vladimirovna - Sports Russia) 1988 births Living people Russian female curlers Curlers from Moscow Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Russia Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Russian curling champions European curling champions Universiade medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-curling-bio-stub