Elina Ramilewna Galieva

Elina Galieva
Full name	Elina Ramilewna Galijewa ( Russian Элина Рамилевна Галиева )
nation	Russia
birthday	November 23, 1984
size	170 cm
Weight	62 kg
Career
Trainer	Rustem Faisow
National squad	since 2007
status	active
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup November 28, 2008 Debut in the European Cup November 23, 2007
last change: November 28, 2008

Elina Ramilewna Galijewa ( Russian Элина Рамилевна Галиева ; born November 23, 1984 ) is a Russian skeleton pilot and bobsleigh driver .

In Ufa living Galijewa went in November 2007 for the first time in Skeleton European Cup of the 2007/08 season at the start, after she began in 2006 with the sport. She achieved eighth place straight away, and she was able to repeat this result this winter. She also finished fourth in a local race and narrowly missed the podium. Overall, Galijewa managed three top 10 placements in the 2007/08 European Cup and was overall eighth, which is why she was nominated for the World Cup for the first time in November 2008 . At the season opener in Winterberg she reached 21st place and was one place past the second run. Because of this good result, she received her first World Cup points.

In winter 2007/2008 she started as Daria Titlowa's pusher in the European Cup competitions in the two-man bobsleigh and also took part in the Junior World Championships in February 2008, where she finished twelfth.

Web links

• Elina Ramilewna Galijewa in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Profile at the Russian Association (Russian)