Career
She competed twice at the Winter Olympics, placing 12th in 2002. Her highest placement at the European Championships was 4th in 2002. Foreign most of her career, she competed under her birth name, Galina Maniachenko.
In the early 1990s, she competed in pair skating with Evgeni Zhigurski, coached by Nina Mozer.
However, in 1995 she was severely injured after her partner"s blade hit her face while they were practicing side-by-side camel spins. Maniachenko retired from skating but after a year and a half she decided to return to competition as a singles skater.
At the European Championships, she finished as high as fourth in 2002. In 2005, she began competing as Galina Efremenko.
She had a number of injuries towards the end of her career.
After competing at her second Olympics, she decided to retire from competition.