Galina Vladimirovna Likhacheva

Galina Wladimirowna Lichatschowa ( Russian Галина Владимировна Лихачёва ; born July 15, 1977 in Sverdlovsk ) is a Russian speed skater .

Galina Lichatschowa is an all-rounder specializing in long distances. Since the Heerenveen World Cup in November 1998, she has competed in the World Cup. It took her a long time to establish herself among the best in the world. It was not until November 2005 at her home World Cup in Moscow that she was among the top 10 for the first time (10th place over 1500 meters). In 2004 she became Russian champion over 3000 meters and was three times runner-up and third in Russian championships. She celebrated her greatest successes in the team run with the Russian team. Here she not only won the Russian championship together with Jekaterina Abramowa and Jekaterina Lobysheva in 2005, but also the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with the Russian team - together with Abramova, Varvara Baryschewa , Lobysheva and Svetlana Vysokova . At the World Championships in Inzell 2005, she and the team just barely missed a medal in fourth place.

Speed ​​skating world cup placements

placement	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000/5000 m	5000/10000 m	team
1st place
2nd place
3rd place							1
Top 10				1			5

(As of December 3, 2006)

Web links

• Statistics at Skateresults
• Statistics at speed skating news
• Photos at DESGphoto
• Galina Lichatschowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )