Yekaterina Yuryevna Skudina (russian: Екатерина Юрьевна Скудина; born 21 March 1981) is a Russian world champion and Olympic sailor.

Personal

Skudina has a PhD from the

STANKIN The Moscow State University of Technology "STANKIN" (MSUT "STANKIN") (Russian: Московский Государственный Технологический Университет "СТАНКИН" (МГТУ "СТАНКИН")), previously th ...

university in "Social and managerial technologies as a resource for achieving leadership in sports in the international arena", and enjoys playing the piano. As of 2014, she lives in Moscow, and is a member of Pirogovo Yacht Club. After completing her Olympic career in 2012, she founded the PROyachting yacht project, which promotes sailing among a business audience. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Sailing Federation, where she oversaw the development of Olympic yachting in Russia.

Sailing

World championships

Skudina was awarded the Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy for winning the world championships in the women's

Snipe A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/camouflaging plumage. The ''Gallinago'' snipes have a near ...

class in 1998, and the bronze medal at the

Yngling The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem ''Ynglingatal''. The dynasty also appears as Scylfings (Old Norse ''Skilfingar'') in ''Beowulf''. When ''Beowulf'' and ''Ynglingatal'' ...

open world championships in 2007. At the 2011 World Championships, Skudina finished fourth in the Elliott 6m class.Results Elliott 6m – Women's Match Racing
Retrieved 16 December 2011

Olympic Games

Skudina took part in three Olympic Games: *

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, 8th place (Yngling) *

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, 6th place (Yngling) *

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, 4th place (Elliott 6m)

Other main regattas

Skudina won the

European Sailing Championships The European championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Europe organized or sanctioned by the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF). List of championships EUROSAF championships Class championships Centreboard classes Keel ...

in 2007 (

) and 2010 ( Elliott 6m). She was 2nd at the European Sailing Championships in 2011 (Elliott 6m). She won the Kiel Week in the Elliott 6m class in 2011 and the Stena Match Cup Sweden in 2010.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skudina, Ekaterina 1981 births Living people Olympic sailors of Russia Russian female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Yngling Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Snipe class female world champions World champions in sailing for Russia People from Dolgoprudny Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast