Galina Likhachova
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Galina Vladimirovna Likhachova (born July 15, 1977 in Sverdlovsk
) is a Russia
n speed skater
who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
) is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n speed skater
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.