Galina Efremenko

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**Galina Efremenko**
Personal Info
Country:	Ukraine
Date of birth:	December 23, 1980 (1980-12-23) (age 27)
Residence:	Kiev, Ukraine
Height:	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Coach:	Galina Kukhar
Skating Club:	Ukraine Kiev
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	145.86	2005 Europeans
Short Program:	53.54	2003 Skate America
Free Skate:	96.24	2005 Europeans

Galina Efremenko (née Maniachenko) is a Ukrainian figure skater. She was a successful pair skater on the junior level with Evgeni Gilgurski and the pair won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. After dealing with injury, she retired as a pair skater and focused on singles skating. She is a three time Ukrainian national champion and represented the Ukraine at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed 12th, and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 20th. Her highest placement at the European Figure Skating Championships was 4th, which she accomplished in 2002.

She married Mikhail Efremenko in 2005 and took his name.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1996-97	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Winter Olympics					12th				20th
World Championships			21st	31st	17th	16th			20th
European Championships			15th	8th	4th	6th	13th	6th
World Junior Championships		WD
Ukrainian Championships		4th	1st		1st	2nd	1st
Skate America						10th
Skate Canada International				6th	6th
Trophee Eric Bompard									8th
Cup of Russia					8th	7th	3rd	6th
NHK Trophy					5th
Winter Universiade		7th						2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy				1st	5th
Karl Schäfer Memorial						1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial				1st			1st
Golden Spin, Zagreb								2nd
Crystal Skate									1st
Skate Israel			5th
Czech Skate			7th
Skate Slovenia			3rd
European Youth Olympic Festival	9th
Event/Season	1996-97	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06