Igor Galinovskiy (; born 8 November 1985) is a Russian

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footballer. He plays as a wing. He has 50 caps for

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, with 18 tries scored, 90 points in aggregate, from 2006 to 2018. He is best known for scoring a hat-trick at the 2006

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Tournament against

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. This meant

had a shock win against the rugby giants, 21-5.

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* 1985 births Living people Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Rugby union wings FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Summer World University Games medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 2019 Rugby World Cup players {{Russia-rugbyunion-bio-stub