Yekaterina Yuryevna Skudina (; born 21 March 1981) is a Russian world champion and Olympic sailor.

Personal

Skudina has a PhD from the STANKIN university in "Social and managerial technologies as a resource for achieving leadership in sports in the international arena", and enjoys playing the piano. As of 2014, she lives in Moscow, and is a member of Pirogovo Yacht Club. After completing her Olympic career in 2012, she founded the PROyachting yacht project, which promotes sailing among a business audience. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Sailing Federation, where she oversaw the development of Olympic yachting in Russia.

Sailing

World championships

Skudina was awarded the

Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy The Female Snipe World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta held in the Snipe (dinghy). It is organized by the host club on behalf of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) and recognized by World Sailing ...

for winning the world championships in the women's

Snipe A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/ camouflaging plumage. ''Gallinago'' snipe have a nearly ...

class in 1998, and the bronze medal at the

Yngling The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem ''Ynglingatal''. The dynasty also appears as Scylfings (, ) in ''Beowulf''. When ''Beowulf'' and ''Ynglingatal'' were composed sometime ...

open world championships in 2007. At the 2011 World Championships, Skudina finished fourth in the

Elliott 6m The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott. It was selected for the women's match race, match racing event for the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and Spinnake ...

class.

Olympic Games

Skudina took part in three Olympic Games: *

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, 8th place (Yngling) *

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, 6th place (Yngling) *

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, 4th place (Elliott 6m)

Other main regattas

Skudina won the

European Sailing Championships The European championships in sailing are a series of sailing championships in Europe organized or sanctioned by the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF). List of championships EUROSAF championships Class championships Centreboard classes Ke ...

in 2007 (

) and 2010 (

). She was 2nd at the European Sailing Championships in 2011 (Elliott 6m). She won the

Kiel Week The Kiel Week () or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is considered to be one of the largest sailing events globally, and also the largest summer festivals in Northern Europe, ...

in the

class in 2011 and the

Stena Match Cup Sweden Match Cup Sweden (previously Swedish Match Cup, Stena Match Cup Sweden) is a sailing (sport), sailing event on the World Match Racing Tour held in Marstrand, Sweden in the beginning of July every year. Organizers of Match Cup Sweden are The Royal ...

in 2010.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skudina, Ekaterina 1981 births Living people Olympic sailors for Russia Russian female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Yngling Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Snipe class female world champions World champions in sailing for Russia People from Dolgoprudny Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast 21st-century Russian sportswomen