Galina Arsenkina

Galina Petrovna Arsenkina (Гали́на Петро́вна Арсе́нькина; born June 6, 1991, in Zelenograd) is a retired Russian curler from Moscow.

Also during her junior career, Arsenkina represented Russia at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship and the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, placing fourth at both events.

During her junior career, Arsenkina competed in four straight World Junior Curling Championships from 2009 to 2012.

After failing to win a medal in their first two appearances, the Russian team was successful in 2011.

The team, consisting of Arsenkina, Anna Sidorova, Olga Zyablikova, Ekaterina Antonova and Victoria Moiseeva defeated Sweden's Sara McManus 9–3 in the bronze medal game to win Russia's second ever medal at the world junior championship.

During the 2011–12 season, Arsenkina found success on tour as the lead for the Olga Zyablikova rink.

The team reached the final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, where they were defeated by Switzerland's Michèle Jäggi.

They also reached the quarterfinals of the Twin Anchors Invitational, the Stockholm Ladies Cup and the Glynhill Ladies International.

The following year at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships, they again won the bronze, once again defeating Sweden's McManus in the bronze medal game.

The following season, she and her team of Victoria Moiseeva, Ekaterina Antonova and Alexandra Saitova competed in their first ever Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic.

The team went 3–3 through the qualifying stage, not making the playoffs.

She was also the second on Team Moiseeva when they won the 2016 European Curling Championships.

The 2016–17 season was a breakthrough year for the Moiseeva rink, first representing Russia at the 2016 European Curling Championships.

The team qualified for the event by defeating the two-time world bronze medallist Anna Sidorova rink in the Russian Supercup.

Despite entering the event as rookies, the team qualified for the playoffs with a 6–3 record.

They then upset Scotland's Eve Muirhead 11–6 in the semifinal to qualify for the final, where they faced Sweden's Anna Hasselborg.

Tied 4–4 in the final end, Hasselborg missed her final draw, giving the Russians two points and the victory.

Next, the team played in the 2017 Winter Universiade where they earned the silver medal, losing to Canada's Kelsey Rocque in the final.

They ended their season at the 2017 Champions Cup Grand Slam event, which they qualified for by winning the European Championship.

There, the team went 1–3 through the round robin, missing the playoffs.

Team Moiseeva had a superb start to the 2017–18 season, finishing third at the 2017 CCT Arctic Cup.

In the fall, they won three of their tour events, the Oakville Fall Classic, the Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic and the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel.

She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics as the second on the Olympic Athletes from Russia and Russian Olympic Committee women's curling teams, skipped by Victoria Moiseeva and Alina Kovaleva respectively.

She has won two medals at the World Women's Curling Championship: a bronze in and a silver in.

The Sidorova rink was initially selected to represent Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but after their poor play during the beginning of the 2017–18 season and Team Moiseeva's strong performances, the Russian Curling Federation was forced to hold a best-of-seven Olympic Trials between Team Moiseeva and Team Sidorova to see who would represent the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" team at the Olympics.

Team Moiseeva won the series four games to one, earning them the Olympic spot.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the team struggled, finishing in a dismal ninth place with a 2–7 record.

Team Moiseeva also represented Russia at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship later that season, Arsenkina's first appearance at the championship.

They had a much stronger tournament at the Worlds, qualifying for the playoffs with a 7–5 round robin record and defeating the United States to win the bronze medal.

They represented Russia once more during the season in December at the Qinghai International.

There, they went a perfect 9–0 up until the final game, where they lost to Switzerland's Ursi Hegner.

Arsenkina moved to join Team Alina Kovaleva for the 2018–19 season.

The team also included Anastasia Bryzgalova at third, Ekaterina Kuzmina at lead, and alternate Uliana Vasilyeva.

They found early success together, winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in September and finishing runner-up at the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out.

They had another tour victory at the 2018 China Open and two more appearances in finals at the International ZO Women's Tournament and the Qinghai Curling Elite.

They also competed in the second leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup, missing the playoffs.

The team won the right to represent Russia at the 2018 European Curling Championships.

They went 6–3 through the round robin, qualifying for the playoffs.

They then lost both of their playoff games to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and Germany's Daniela Jentsch, placing fourth.

In February, they were challenged to a best-of-seven by Team Sidorova to determine who would represent Russia at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship.