Katya Galstyan

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Katya Galstyan
Personal information
Born (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)
Sport
CountryFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Sport Cross-country skiing

Katya Galstyan (born 1 January 1993 [1] [2] ) is a cross-country skier competing for Armenia. She competed for Armenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 10 kilometre classical race, finishing in 64th place out of 76 competitors. [3] [4] [5] She was the only woman to represent her country at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics. [6]

In January 2022, Galstyan was named to Armenia's 2022 Olympic team. [7] [8] [9]

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