Yekaterina Shikhova

Yekaterina Vladimirovna Shikhova (Russian: Екатерина Владимировна Шихова; born 25 June 1985) is a Russian speed skater. She won a team bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and an individual allround bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships.

Yekaterina Shikhova
Shikhova in 2014
Personal information
Born (1985-06-25) 25 June 1985
Kirov, Soviet Union[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiTeam pursuit
World Allround Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 HamarAllround
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 GangneungTeam pursuit
ISU World Cup
Gold medal – first place2017–18 Season1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2017–18 Season1500 m
European Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Kolomna1000 m
Silver medal – second place2018 Kolomna1500 m
Silver medal – second place2018 KolomnaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2020 Heerenveen1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2020 Heerenveen1500 m

Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Shikhova competed in two individual and one team events. In her the first event, the 1000 m, she finished 11th with a time of 1:17.46.[2] In her second event, the 1500 m, she placed 8th with a time of 1:58.54.[3] Her pursuit team finished seventh.[1]

At the 2014 Olympics Shikhova added 3000 m to her previous three events. She won a bronze medal with the pursuit team, and placed 10th–20th individually.[1]

Personal records
Personal records[4]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m38.1125 February 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:12.469 March 2019Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:50.6310 March 2019Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m4:07.3625 November 2012Kolomna Speed Skating Center, Kolomna
5000 m7:16.4817 February 2013Vikingskipet, Hamar

She is currently in 33rd position in the adelskalender.[5]

World Cup podiums

[6][7]

Date Season Location Rank Event
9 November 20082008–09Erfurt2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team pursuit
15 November 20092009–10Heerenveen3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Team pursuit
13 December 20092009–10Salt Lake City1st place, gold medalist(s)Team pursuit
7 March 20102009–10Erfurt1st place, gold medalist(s)1000 m
14 March 20102009–10Heerenveen (Final)1st place, gold medalist(s)1000 m
20 November 20112011–12Chelyabinsk3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Team pursuit
3 December 20112011–12Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
4 December 20112011–12Heerenveen3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
4 December 20112011–12Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team pursuit
12 February 20122011–12Hamar1st place, gold medalist(s)Team pursuit
11 March 20122011–12Berlin3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Team pursuit
24 November 20122012–13Kolomna2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
9 February 20132012–13Inzell3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
22 November 20152015–16Salt Lake City2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team sprint
11 December 20152015–16Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team sprint
19 November 20162016–17Nagano2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team sprint
2 December 20172017–18Calgary2nd place, silver medalist(s)1000 m
3 December 20172017–18Calgary3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
9 December 20172017–18Salt Lake City3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
10 December 20172017–18Salt Lake City3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
19 January 20182017–18Erfurt3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
21 January 20182017–18Erfurt3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
17 March 20182017–18Minsk3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
17 November 20182018–19Obihiro3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
18 November 20182018–19Obihiro1st place, gold medalist(s)Team sprint
15 December 20182018–19Heerenveen3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
16 December 20182018–19Heerenveen3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
16 November 20192019–20Minsk2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
17 November 20192019–20Minsk3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
23 November 20192019–20Tomaszów Mazowiecki1st place, gold medalist(s)Team pursuit
7 February 20202019–20Calgary3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m

References
  1. Yekaterina Shikhova. sports-reference.com
  2. "Vancouver Day 7: Russia Only Gains Experience". 2010-02-18.
  3. "Ladies' 1500 m results". 2010-02-21.
  4. "Ekaterina Shikhova". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. "SSS Profile".
  7. "ISU Profile".
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