Galina Efremenko

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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
Ukrainian Championships	-	4th	1st	-	1st	2nd	1st	-	-
European Championships	-	-	15th	8th	4th	6th	13th	6th	-
World Championships	-	-	21st	31st	17th	16th	-	-	20th
Winter Olympics	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	20th
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebelhorn Trophy	-	-	-	1st	5th	-	-	-	-
Karl Schäfer Memorial	-	-	-	-	-	1st	-	-	-
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	-	-	-	1st	-	-	1st	2nd	-
Golden Spin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	-
Crystal Skate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st
Skate Israel	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Skate	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skate Slovenia	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-
Junior World Championships	-	WD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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