Galina Efremenko

Galina Efremenko (née Maniachenko (Ukrainian: Галина Єфременко (Маняченко): Halyna Yefremenko (Manyachenko); born 23 December 1980) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She competed as Galina Maniachenko from 1993 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.

Galina Efremenko
Galina Efremenko in 2004
Other namesGalina Maniachenko
Halyna Yefremenko (Manyachenko)
Born (1980-12-23) 23 December 1980
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUkraine
Began skating1983
Retired2006

Career

For most of her career, she competed under her birth name, Galina Maniachenko. In the early 1990s, she competed in pair skating with Evgeni Zhigurski, coached by Nina Mozer.[1] The pair won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships.[2] However, in 1995 she was severely injured after her partner's blade hit her face while they were practicing side-by-side 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 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.[4] 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.[5][4] By marriage, she is related to fellow skater Elena Liashenko who married her husband's brother, Andrei Efremenko.[5] After retiring from competition, she began coaching in Latvia and gave birth to a daughter in 2007.[6] Her daughter's godmother is Aliona Savchenko.[7]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2005–2006
[5]
2003–2005
[8][3]
  • Musa Ler
    by Ara Gevorgyan
    performed by American Philharmonic Orchestra
2002–2003
[9]
2000–2002
[10][11]
  • Well Balanced
    by Oliver Shanti
  • Heya Heya
    by Oliver Shanti

Competitive highlights

Singles career
Results[11][10][9][3][8][5]
International
Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Olympics12th20th
Worlds21st31st17th16th20th
Europeans15th8th4th6th13th6th
GP Bompard8th
GP Cup of Russia8th7th3rd6th
GP NHK Trophy5th
GP Skate America10th
GP Skate Canada6th6th
Crystal Skate1st
Golden Spin2nd
Karl Schäfer1st
Nebelhorn1st5th
Ondrej Nepela1st1st
Skate Israel5th
Universiade7th2nd
International: Junior
Junior WorldsWD
JGP Czech Rep.7th
JGP Slovenia3rd
EYOF9th
National
Ukrainian4th3rd4th1st1st2nd1st
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew

Pairs career

(with Evgeni Zhigurski)

Event 1993–1994
World Junior Championships3rd

References
  1. 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.
  2. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.
  3. "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
  4. 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.
  5. "Galina EFREMENKO: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005.
  9. "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003.
  10. "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  11. "Galina MANIACHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001.

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