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 (age 38)
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 place 2014 Sochi Team pursuit
World Allround Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Hamar Allround
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit
ISU World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017–18 Season 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017–18 Season 1500 m
European Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kolomna 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kolomna 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kolomna Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2020 Heerenveen 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Heerenveen 1500 m

Winter Olympics edit

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 edit

Personal records[4]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 38.11 25 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m 1:12.46 9 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:50.63 10 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 4:07.36 25 November 2012 Kolomna Speed Skating Center, Kolomna
5000 m 7:16.48 17 February 2013 Vikingskipet, Hamar

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

World Cup podiums edit

[6][7]

Date Season Location Rank Event
9 November 2008 2008–09 Erfurt   Team pursuit
15 November 2009 2009–10 Heerenveen   Team pursuit
13 December 2009 2009–10 Salt Lake City   Team pursuit
7 March 2010 2009–10 Erfurt   1000 m
14 March 2010 2009–10 Heerenveen (Final)   1000 m
20 November 2011 2011–12 Chelyabinsk   Team pursuit
3 December 2011 2011–12 Heerenveen   1500 m
4 December 2011 2011–12 Heerenveen   1000 m
4 December 2011 2011–12 Heerenveen   Team pursuit
12 February 2012 2011–12 Hamar   Team pursuit
11 March 2012 2011–12 Berlin   Team pursuit
24 November 2012 2012–13 Kolomna   1500 m
9 February 2013 2012–13 Inzell   1500 m
22 November 2015 2015–16 Salt Lake City   Team sprint
11 December 2015 2015–16 Heerenveen   Team sprint
19 November 2016 2016–17 Nagano   Team sprint
2 December 2017 2017–18 Calgary   1000 m
3 December 2017 2017–18 Calgary   1500 m
9 December 2017 2017–18 Salt Lake City   1500 m
10 December 2017 2017–18 Salt Lake City   1000 m
19 January 2018 2017–18 Erfurt   1000 m
21 January 2018 2017–18 Erfurt   1500 m
17 March 2018 2017–18 Minsk   1000 m
17 November 2018 2018–19 Obihiro   1500 m
18 November 2018 2018–19 Obihiro   Team sprint
15 December 2018 2018–19 Heerenveen   1500 m
16 December 2018 2018–19 Heerenveen   1000 m
16 November 2019 2019–20 Minsk   1500 m
17 November 2019 2019–20 Minsk   1000 m
23 November 2019 2019–20 Tomaszów Mazowiecki   Team pursuit
7 February 2020 2019–20 Calgary   1000 m

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yekaterina Shikhova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Vancouver Day 7: Russia Only Gains Experience". newsfromrussia.com. 18 February 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Ladies' 1500 m results". vancouver2010.com. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Ekaterina Shikhova". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. ^ "SSS Profile: Denis Yuskov". speedskatingstats.com.
  7. ^ "ISU Profile: Denis Yuskov". isu.html.infostradasports.com.

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