Yekaterina Vladimirovna Shikhova (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Шихова; born 25 June 1985) is a Russian

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She won a team bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and an individual allround bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships.

Winter Olympics

At the

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, Shikhova competed in two individual and one team events. In her the first event, the 1000 m, she finished 11th with a time of 1:17.46. In her second event, the 1500 m, she placed 8th with a time of 1:58.54. Her pursuit team finished seventh. At the 2014 Olympics Shikhova added 3000 m to her previous three events. She won a bronze medal with the pursuit team, and placed 10th–20th individually.

Personal records

She is currently in 33rd position in the adelskalender.

World Cup podiums

References

External links

Yekaterina Shikhova's profile
from http://www.vancouver2010.com
Yekaterina Shikhova's profile
from SpeedskatingResults.com

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