Yekaterina Sergeyevna Lebedeva (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Лебедева; born 14 September 1989 in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, Russian SSR,

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) is a Russian

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. On December 12, 2017 she and five other Russian hockey players were disqualified with their results at the 2014 Olympics annulled.

International career

Lebedeva was selected for the Russia national women's ice hockey team in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. She played in all five games, recording one assist.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2010 Olympics
/ref> Lebedeva has also appeared for Russia at six

IIHF Women's World Championship The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The offi ...

s. Her first appearance came in

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. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships was the 15th world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tournament was hosted in Ottawa, Ontar ...

.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2007 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2009 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship
/ref>IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship

Career statistics

International career

References

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1989 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Russia Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Russian women's ice hockey forwards Universiade medalists in ice hockey Doping cases in ice hockey Russian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople banned for life Universiade gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub