Galina Skiba

Galina Skiba Галина Скиба
Born	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 40) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Left
ZhHL team Former teams	Tornado Moscow Oblast SKIF Moscow
National team	Russia
Playing career	2004–present
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Russia World Championship 2013 Canada 2016 Canada

Galina Yuryevna Skiba (Russian: Галина Юрьевна Скиба; born 9 May 1984) is a Russian ice hockey forward. She most recently played with HC Tornado in the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

International career

Skiba was selected for the Russian women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2006, she had one assist in five games, and in 2014, she played in all six games, scoring a pair of goals.^[1][2]

As of 2014, Skiba has also appeared for Russia at six IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2005. She won a bronze medal as a part of the team in 2013^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]} and 2016.

In December 2017, she and seven other Russian hockey players were sanctioned for doping and their results from the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics were disqualified as part of the Oswald Commission.^[9] All of the sanctioned players appealed the decision and disqualifications were annulled in five cases; however, sanctions were upheld for Skiba, Inna Dyubanok, and Anna Shibanova.^[10]

Career statistics

International career

Through 2013–14 season

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005	Russia	WW	5	0	0	0	2
2006	Russia	Oly	5	0	0	0	2
2007	Russia	WW	4	0	1	1	2
2008	Russia	WW	4	0	0	0	2
2011	Russia	WW	6	0	1	1	2
2012	Russia	WW	5	1	1	2	2
2013	Russia	WW	6	1	1	2	6
2014	Russia	Oly	6	2	0	2	2

References

1. IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 561. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
2. "IIHF - Team Russia Stats - 2014 Olympics" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
4. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
5. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
6. "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
7. IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2007 World Championship
8. IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2005 World Championship
9. "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission". International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
10. "Medals, Diplomas and Medallist Pins Reallocation" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Galina Skiba at Olympedia (archive)
• Galina Skiba at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)