Yekaterina Lobysheva
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Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva (born March 13, 1985, Kolomna
) is a Russia
n speed skater
who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit.
In the season of 2005–2006 Lobysheva acted for the first time in the European Championships Allaround. After good results on the short distances (1st on 500 m, 4th on 1500 m) she finished sixth in the rankings. Thus she placed herself for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships
in 2006 where she, despite her good 500 m (second) did not qualify for the final 4th distance. She was the thirteenth in the ranking.
In the same year she won three matches at the 1500 World Cup in the B group. She placed herself for the 1000 and 1500 meters at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin. She became the eleventh and sixth respectively.
At the European Championships Allround 2007 Lobysheva, thanks to third place in the 500 m, was thirteenth in the final rankings. She was with this class its second World Cup Championship Allaround skating together in 2006 and ended on the thirteenth place in the rankings.
At the European Championships Allround 2008 she ended (in her hometown Kolomna) in tenth place. In the 500 m, she was in first place as in the year 2006. She ensured that these rankings show places for the World Allround Championship and finished this time in the fourteenth place in the rankings.
In the season of 2008–2009 she skated in no European Allround Championship nor in the World Allround Championship, since this season she decided to work more on her sprint qualities (500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m) for next year's Olympics in Vancouver
. Her trainer now is Sergey Klevchenya.
In 2009 the World Sprint Championship was in her home country, Russia (Moscow
). This was her second World Sprint Championship and she ended as 19th in the rankings.
Kolomna
Kolomna is an ancient city and the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, southeast of Moscow. The area of the city is about . The city was founded in 1177...
) is a Russia
Russia
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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. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit.
In the season of 2005–2006 Lobysheva acted for the first time in the European Championships Allaround. After good results on the short distances (1st on 500 m, 4th on 1500 m) she finished sixth in the rankings. Thus she placed herself for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world...
in 2006 where she, despite her good 500 m (second) did not qualify for the final 4th distance. She was the thirteenth in the ranking.
In the same year she won three matches at the 1500 World Cup in the B group. She placed herself for the 1000 and 1500 meters at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin. She became the eleventh and sixth respectively.
At the European Championships Allround 2007 Lobysheva, thanks to third place in the 500 m, was thirteenth in the final rankings. She was with this class its second World Cup Championship Allaround skating together in 2006 and ended on the thirteenth place in the rankings.
At the European Championships Allround 2008 she ended (in her hometown Kolomna) in tenth place. In the 500 m, she was in first place as in the year 2006. She ensured that these rankings show places for the World Allround Championship and finished this time in the fourteenth place in the rankings.
In the season of 2008–2009 she skated in no European Allround Championship nor in the World Allround Championship, since this season she decided to work more on her sprint qualities (500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m) for next year's Olympics in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
. Her trainer now is Sergey Klevchenya.
In 2009 the World Sprint Championship was in her home country, Russia (Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
). This was her second World Sprint Championship and she ended as 19th in the rankings.