Yuliya Artyomovna Kanakina (russian: Юлия Артёмовна Канакина; born 11 December 1995) is a Russian

skeleton racer Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance of ...

who competes on the

Skeleton World Cup The Skeleton World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internati ...

circuit. She began international competition in 2011, and was promoted to the World Cup squad in the 2014–15 season. Before starting skeleton, Kanakina was a ballet dancer. She was the IBSF Junior World Champion in women's skeleton for 2017 in

Sigulda Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, from the capital city Riga. Overview Sigulda is on a picturesque stretch of the primeval Gauja river valley. Because of the reddish Dev ...

, and finished 26th in the senior

IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to: *IBSF World Snooker Championship *IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Sk ...

later that year. In 2018, Kanakina took silver at the Junior World Championships, 0.81 seconds behind

Anna Fernstädt Anna Fernstädt (born 23 November 1996 in Prague), also known as Anna Fernstädtová, is a Czech-German Skeleton (sport), skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She started competing in 2011 and was selected to the German ...

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).

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* 1995 births Russian female skeleton racers Living people Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Skeleton-bio-stub