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Galina Efremenko
Galina Efremenko in 2004.
Full nameGalina Efremenko
Other namesGalina Maniachenko
Born (1980-12-23) 23 December 1980 (age 43)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Ukraine
Began skating1983
Retired2006

Galina Efremenko (Галина Ефременко) (née Maniachenko; Маняченко) (born 23 December 1980 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She competed as Galina Maniachenko from 1994 until 2005 when she began competing under her married name, Efremenko. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 Cup of Russia, gold medals at the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2003 Karl Schäfer Memorial, 2000 and 2003 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. She initially competed as a pair skater with Evgeni Gilgurski and won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships.[1] However, in 1995 she was severely injured after her partner's blade hit her face while they were practicing side-by-side camel spins.[2] Maniachenko retired from skating but after a year and a half she decided to return to competition as a singles skater.[2]

Maniachenko won the Ukrainian national title three times and competed at two Olympics (2002, 2006). She won gold medals at Nebelhorn Trophy, Karl Schäfer Memorial, Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and silver medals at the 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.[3] After competing at her second Olympics, she decided to retire from competition.

Personal life

In the summer of 2005, she married pentathlete Mikhail Efremenko and took his name.[4][3] By marriage, she is related to fellow skater Elena Liashenko who married her husband's brother, Andrei Efremenko.[4] After retiring from competition, she began coaching in Latvia and had a baby in 2007.[5] Her daughter's godmother is Aliona Savchenko.[6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2005–2006
[4]
2003–2005
[7][2]
  • Musa Ler
    by Ara Gevorgyan
    performed by American Philharmonic Orchestra
2002–2003
[8]
2000–2002
[9][10]
  • Well Balanced
    by Oliver Shanti
  • Heya Heya
    by Oliver Shanti

Competitive highlights

Singles career

Results[10][9][8][2][7][4]
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 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 Gilgurski)

Event 1993–1994
World Junior Championships 3rd

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2004-06-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Romaniak, Mikhailo (2006-01-28). "Галина Маняченко-Єфременко: "Мене замучили травми"" (in Ukrainian). Високий Замок. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c d "Galina EFREMENKO: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Mikhailova, Aleksandra (2007-01-19). "Елена Ляшенко: "Женщины будут прыгать, как мужчины"" (in Russian). Gazeta Po-Kievski. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Ivanov, Vladimir (2010-04-12). "Алена Савченко: "Цель одна — "золото" Олимпиады". Часть первая" (in Russian). telegraf.lv. Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2005-03-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2003-02-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2002-06-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2001-06-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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