Galina
EFREMENKO
(MANIACHENKO)
Galina
EFREMENKO |
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Pairs / Single |
Date of birth / Születési idõ |
23 December 1980 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Kiev |
Height / Magasság |
163 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Kiev |
Profession / Foglalkozás |
Sport Instructor |
Spouse / Férje |
Mikhail Efremenko (2005- ) |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
music, games |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1983 |
Club |
Ukraine Kiev |
Former partner / Régebbi partner |
Yevgeny Gilgursky |
Coach / Edzõ |
Galina Kukhar |
Choreographer / Koreográfus |
Maria Tumanovskaia |
Former coach / Régebbi edzõ |
Ada Minevich |
Former choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus |
Dmitri Dmitrenko |
Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week) |
40 at Kiev |
Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban (h/week) |
36 at Kiev |
Music Short Program as of 2004/2005 season |
Funeral for a Friend by Elton John |
Music Free Skating as of 2004/2005 season |
Musa Ler by Ara Gevorgian - American Philharmonic Orchestra |
Music Short Program as of 2005/2006 season |
Requiem from Star and Death of Joaquin Murietta by Alexei Rybnikov |
Music Free Skating as of 2005/2006 season |
Sarabande by G. F. Haendel; Prayer by S. Grimalsky |
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Olympic Games |
World Champs |
European Champs |
World Junior |
National Champs |
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3 (1) |
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21 |
15 |
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31 |
8 |
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12 |
17 |
4 |
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16 |
6 |
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13 |
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20 |
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(1): Galina Maniachenko - Yevgeny Gilgursky (Pairs)
Personal Best Total Score |
145.86 |
29.01.2005 |
European Championships 2005 |
Personal Best Score Short Program |
53.54 |
24.10.2003 |
Smart Ones Skate America 2003 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating |
96.24 |
29.01.2005 |
European Championships 2005 |
2002 |
NHK Trophy, Kyoto |
5 |
2002 |
Karl Schäfer Memorial, Vienna |
1 |
2003 |
Skate America, Reading |
10 |
2003 |
Cup of Russia Gallina Blanca, Moscow |
3 |
2003 |
O. Nepela Memorial, Bratislava |
1 |
2004 |
Cup of Russia, Moscow |
6 |
2004 |
Golden Spin, Zagreb |
2 |
2005 |
Winter Universiade, Innsbruck |
2 |
2005 |
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris |
8 |
2005 |
Crystal Skate, Bucharest |
1 |
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 26.03.2006.
ISU World Standings:
28 Jan. 2006: 31. - 1909 point
Galina Maniachenko finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in January, outskating Yelena Liashenko -- her older, more-experienced teammate -- in all three portions of the competition: qualifying round, short program and free skate. The 21-year-old's performance at the 2002 Euros was impressive in light of her collapse at the 2001 World Championships, where she failed to advance from the qualifying round to the short program.
Comeback
Maniachenko was originally a singles skater but then switched to pairs in the early 1990s. Maniachenko and her partner, Yevgeny Gilgursky, won a bronze medal in pairs at the 1994 World Junior Championships. But in 1995, she was severely injured in practice when Gilgursky's skate blade hit her in the face while they were practicing side-by-side camel spins. Maniachenko spent a year and a half away from skating and then returned as a singles skater. In 2000, her first year of senior-level championship competition, she placed 15th at the European Championships and 21st at the World Championships.
Official Olympic Site 2002
Galina Efremenko (Maniachenko) was a successful junior pair skater, winning the bronze medal with Evgeni Gilgurski at the 1994 Junior World Championships. In 1995, she was severly injured in practice when her partner hit her in the face with his blade during a side by side camel spin. Efremenko retired from skating for one and a half years and then decided to come back as a single skater. Galina got married to Mikhail Efremenko in summer 2005. Her husband's brother Andrei married Galina's teammate Elena Liashenko.
