Galina Efremenko
| Galina Efremenko | |||||||||||||||
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Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Galina Efremenko (Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and three Ukrainian national titles. She competed twice at the Winter Olympics, placing 12th in 2002. Her highest placement at the European Championships was 4th in 2002.
Career
For most of her career, she competed under her birth name, Galina Maniachenko. In the early 1990s, she competed in
camel spins.[3] Maniachenko retired from skating but after a year and a half she decided to return to competition as a singles skater.[3]
Maniachenko won the Ukrainian national title three times and competed at two Olympics (2002, 2006). She won gold medals at
Winter Universiade and Golden Spin of Zagreb. Maniachenko won a Grand Prix bronze medal at 2003 Cup of Russia. At the European Championships, she finished as high as fourth in 2002. In 2005, she began competing as Galina Efremenko. She had a number of injuries towards the end of her career.[4]
After competing at her second Olympics, she decided to retire from competition.
Personal life
In the summer of 2005, she married
Aliona Savchenko.[7]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2005–2006 [5] |
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| 2003–2005 [8][3] |
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| 2002–2003 [9] |
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| 2000–2002 [10][11] |
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Competitive highlights
Singles career
| Results[11][10][9][3][8][5] | |||||||||||
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| International | |||||||||||
| Event | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
| Olympics | 12th | 20th | |||||||||
| Worlds | 21st | 31st | 17th | 16th | 20th | ||||||
| Europeans | 15th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 13th | 6th | |||||
| GP Bompard |
8th | ||||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia |
8th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | |||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 5th | ||||||||||
| GP Skate America | 10th | ||||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 6th | 6th | |||||||||
| Crystal Skate | 1st | ||||||||||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Karl Schäfer | 1st | ||||||||||
| Nebelhorn | 1st | 5th | |||||||||
Ondrej Nepela |
1st | 1st | |||||||||
| Skate Israel | 5th | ||||||||||
Universiade |
7th | 2nd | |||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | WD | ||||||||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 7th | ||||||||||
| JGP Slovenia | 3rd | ||||||||||
| EYOF | 9th | ||||||||||
| National | |||||||||||
| Ukrainian | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||||
Pairs career
(with Evgeni Zhigurski)
| Event | 1993–1994 |
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| World Junior Championships | 3rd |
References
- ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (29 September 2010). Нина Мозер: "Работать вполноги не умею" [Nina Mozer: Half measures are not for me]. Sport Express (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. "Translation". velena.ru. 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
- ^ a b Romaniak, Mykhailo (28 January 2006). Галина Маняченко-Єфременко: "Мене замучили травми" [Galina Maniachenko-Efremenko: "I'm plagued by injuries"]. Vysoky Zamok (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Galina EFREMENKO: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
- ^ Mikhailova, Aleksandra (19 January 2007). Елена Ляшенко: "Женщины будут прыгать, как мужчины" [Elena Liashenko: "Women will jump like men"]. Gazeta Po-Kievski (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
- ^ Ivanov, Vladimir (12 April 2010). Алена Савченко: "Цель одна — "золото" Олимпиады". Часть первая [Aliona Savchenko: "One goal: Olympic gold". Part 1.]. telegraf.lv (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005.
- ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003.
- ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
- ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001.
External links
Media related to Halyna Yefremenko at Wikimedia Commons
