Yekaterina Lobysheva

Who is Yekaterina Lobysheva?

Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian 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 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 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 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.