Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (; born 10 August 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian curler.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team. A year later this team won the 2006 European Curling Championships.
She has studied Management and International Relations at the Russian State University for the Humanities.
In January 2010 Galkina was officially named to the Russian Olympic Team. She and her teammates represented Russia at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship held in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, from 15 to 23 March. The team had an 8-3 record in the round robin and was seeded third in the playoffs. Team Russia lost the 3-4 Page playoff game to Team Korea, but later defeated Team Korea to win the bronze medal. It was the first medal for Russia in the world women's curling championships. The team also competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia, and finished in ninth place.Ekaterina GALKINA Curling Russian Fed. - Sochi 2014 Olympics
Galkina is a five-time Russian women's champion curler.История | Керлинг в России (CurlingRussia) (History of Curling in Russia; look at "РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ЧЕМПИОНАТОВ РОССИИ ПО КЕРЛИНГУ (ЖЕНЩИНЫ)" – Results of Women's Championships) She played on many international events as a member of national or club teams.Ekaterina Galkina's past teams
Currently she works as an Executive Board member for Russian Curling Federation and time to time served as a curling color commentator for Match TV (Russian federal sports television channel) and Russian Curling TVRussian Curling TV YouTube channel.
Teams
Women's Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2002–03 Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Ilona Grichina Olga Volochova Olga Andrianova,Anna Andrianova (9th) 2003–04 Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Margarita Fomina Olga Arbuzova Ekaterina Galkina Olga Andrianova (10th) 2004–05 Olga Jarkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Yana Nekrasova Ekaterina Galkina Liudmila Privivkova Olga Andrianova (4th) Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Angela Tuvaeva Nkeiruka Ezekh Olga Andrianova,Yory Andrianov EJCC 2005 Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Angela Tuvaeva Olga Andrianova (5th) Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Yana Nekrasova Ekaterina Galkina Olga Jarkova Olga Andrianova (5th) 2005–06 Ludmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Olga Jarkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova,Yory Andrianov (8th) Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Angela Tuvaeva Daria Kozlova Olga Andrianova Ludmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Olga Jarkova Ekaterina Galkina Yana Nekrasova Olga Andrianova,Yory Andrianov WOG 2006 (5th) 2006–07 Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Julia Svetova Olga Andrianova WUG 2007 Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Angela Tuvaeva Daria Kozlova Olga Andrianova (7th) Liudmila Privivkova Olga Jarkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova (10th) 2007–08 Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Julia Svetova Daria Kozlova Olga Andrianova (4th) Liudmila Privivkova Olga Jarkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova (5th) (8th) 2008–09 Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Antonova Olga Andrianova WUG 2009 Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Anna Sidorova Daria Kozlova Galina Arsenkina Olga Andrianova (4th) Liudmila Privivkova Olga Jarkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova (7th) (7th) Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Antonova RWCCup 2008 RWCCh 2009 2009–10 Liudmila Privivkova Olga Jarkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Anna Sidorova Olga Andrianova (4th) Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Galina Arsenkina Ekaterina Antonova Olga Andrianova (5th) Liudmila PrivivkovaOn WWCC 2010 Anna Sidorova replaced Liudmila Privivkova as skip after Draw 2. Privivkova became the alternate, while Margarita Fomina replaced Sidorova in the third position. Anna Sidorova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova WOG 2010 (9th) (8th) Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Antonova Nadezhda Lepezina Liudmila Privivkova RWCCup 2009 (5th)RWCCh 2010 2010–11 Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Antonova Ekaterina Galkina Liudmila Privivkova Olga Andrianova WUG 2011 Liudmila Privivkova Anna Sidorova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Olga Andrianova (4th) Liudmila Privivkova Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Nkeiruka Ezekh Olga Andrianova (6th)Line-up as in WCF database Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Antonova Ekaterina Galkina Anastasia Prokofieva (RWCCh) RWCCup 2010 RWCCh 2011 2011–12 Anna Sidorova Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Nkeiruka Ezekh Olga Andrianova (9th) Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Antonova RWCCup 2011 RWCCh 2012 2012–13 Anna Sidorova Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Nkeiruka Ezekh Thomas Lips,Svetlana Kalalb (ECC) (6th) Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Antonova Anastasia Beginina RWCCh 2013 2013–14 Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Aleksandra Saitova Ekaterina Galkina Viktoria Moiseeva Thomas Lips WUG 2013 Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Aleksandra Saitova Ekaterina Galkina Nkeiruka Ezekh Thomas Lips (5th)WOG 2014 (9th) Liudmila Privivkova Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Antonova Valeria Shelkova RWCCh 2014 2014–15 Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Aleksandra Saitova Ekaterina Galkina Viktoria Moiseeva (WUG)Nkeiruka Ezekh (ECC, WCC) Svetlana Kalalb,Rodger Gustaf Schmidt (WCC) WUG 2015 2018–19 Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Antonova Anna Antonyuk Anastasia Skultan Rimma Shayafetdinova RWCCup 2018 RWCCh 2019 (7th)
Mixed Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 2007–08 Artyom Bolduzev Ekaterina Galkina Alexey Stukalskiy Ekaterina Antonova Vadim Raev,Olga Zyablikova RMxCC 2008 2008–09 Alexander Kirikov Margarita Fomina Roman Kutuzov Ekaterina Galkina RMxCC 2009 2009–10 Roman Kutuzov Ekaterina Galkina Aleksandr Kozyrev Ekaterina Antonova RMxCC 2010 (10th) 2010–11 Roman Kutuzov Ekaterina Galkina Vadim Raev Alina Biktimirova RMxCC 2011 (???th)ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ ПО КЁРЛИНГУ | Спорткомитет Дмитров 2011–12 Roman Kutuzov Nkeirouka Ezekh Vadim Raev Ekaterina Galkina Sergey Manulychev,Tatiana Makeeva RMxCC 2012
References
External links
Official website of Team Sidorova (web archive) ГАЛКИНА Екатерина Владимировна | Российские спортсмены и специалисты | Спортивная Россия (Galkina Ekaterina Vladimirovna - Sports Russia)