Serafima Sakhanovich

Serafima Sakhanovich

Sakhanovich in December 2014
Personal information
Native name Серафима Андреевна Саханович
Full name Serafima Andreyevna Sakhanovich
Country represented Russia
Born (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Evgeni Rukavicin
Former coach Alina Pisarenko, Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Choreographer Olga Glinka, Nikita Mikhailov
Former choreographer Eteri Tutberidze, Irina Sushchenko
Skating club Olympic School St. Petersburg
Former skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Saint Petersburg
Former training locations Moscow
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 191.96
2014 JGP Slovenia
Short program 66.58
2014 JGP Slovenia
Free skate 125.38
2014 JGP Slovenia
Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
2014 Sofia Ladies' singles
2015 Tallinn Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2013–14 Fukuoka Ladies' singles
2014-15 Barcelona Ladies' singles

Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich (Russian: Серафима Андреевна Саханович; born 9 February 2000) is a Russian figure skater. She is a two-time (2014, 2015) World Junior silver medalist, a two-time (2013–14, 2014–15) JGP Final silver medalist, and 2014 Russian junior national champion.

Personal life

Serafima "Sima"[1] Andreyevna Sakhanovich was born 9 February 2000 in Saint Petersburg.[2] She has two older sisters.[3]

Career

Early career

Sakhanovich began skating in 2007, coached from the start by Alina Pisarenko in Saint Petersburg.[4]

Sakhanovich finished 12th at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. At the 2013 Russian Championships, she placed fourth in her senior national debut and then won silver on the junior level behind Elena Radionova.

Junior level

2013–14 season

Sakhanovich made her international debut in the 2013–14 season. After placing fourth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia, she then won the gold medal in her next JGP event in Estonia.[5] Her results qualified her for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where she won the silver medal behind teammate Maria Sotskova. Sakhanovich finished sixth on the senior level at the Russian Championships and went on to win the junior national title ahead of Sotskova. She placed second in both segments at the 2014 World Junior Championships and was awarded the silver medal. Gold went to Elena Radionova and bronze to Evgenia Medvedeva, producing Russia's second consecutive sweep of the World Junior ladies' podium. She experienced pain in her right foot during the event but her condition improved after a month's rest.[3]

Unable to find a sponsor in Saint Petersburg, Sakhanovich decided to relocate to Moscow, where she joined Eteri Tutberidze.[3]

2014–15 season

Sakhanovich's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In the short program, she became the first female skater competing on the junior level to ever surpass the 40-point mark for TES and her overall score was the highest ever achieved in the Junior Grand Prix series by any lady skater. She won the gold medal with a total score of 191.96 points, a personal best. She won another gold medal at the ISU JGP Japan qualifying her for the 2014–15 ISU JGP Final in Barcelona, Spain where she won the silver medal behind teammate Evgenia Medvedeva, after placing 2nd in the short program with a score of 66.05 and 2nd in the freeskate with a score of 119.96, with a combined total score of 186.01.

Competing on the senior level at the 2015 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Sakhanovich placed 11th in the short program with a score of 59.21 but 5th in the freeskate with a score of 132.63, moving up to 5th overall with a total score of 191.84.

Sakhanovich then went on to compete on at the 2015 Russian Junior Nationals where she placed 4th in the short program with a score of 62.60 and 2nd in the freeskate with a score of 123.36, and won the bronze medal overall with a total score of 185.96.

Sakhanovich made the team for 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships that were held in Tallinn, Estonia where she won the silver medal behind Evgenia Medvedeva after placing 2nd in the short program with a score of 63.09 and 3rd in the freeskate with a score of 123.06, which earned her a total score of 186.15.

On April 9, 2015, R-Sport news agency released that Sakhanovich had returned and joined her former coach in Saint Petersburg, Alina Pisarenko. For the next season, Sakhanovich hopes to master the quad salchow.[6][7] Sakhanovich cited that this coaching change was due to her family being unable to live in two different cities at once.[8]

2015-16 season

Sakhanovich competed internationally at the junior level during the 2015-16 season. She started her season by placing 7th at 2015 JGP Spain.

Following that event, Sakhanovich made a coaching change from Alina Pisarenko to Evgeni Rukavicin. As a result, Sakhonovich withdrew from 2015 JGP Croatia to adjust to this change and changed her free program.[8] She competed in two senior ISU Challenger Series events finishing 4th at the 2015 Ice Challenge and took silver at the 2015 Warsaw Cup with a new season best score of 176.41 points. She then finished 10th at the 2016 Russian Championships. On January 21-23, she then competed at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships where she finished 17th overall, Sakhanovich was placed last in the free skate; after falling four times in her jumps.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015-2016
[9][10]
2014–2015
[3][11]
2013–2014
[1][12]
  • Do Not Deny If You Are In Love
    (Russian: Не отрекаются любя)
    by Mark Minkov
    choreo. by Irina Sushchenko
  • Closed School
    by Mark Erman
    choreo. by Irina Sushchenko
2012–2013
2011-2012
  • Russian folk music
2010-2011
  • Russia folk music
2009-2010

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[5]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
CS Ice Challenge 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds 2nd 2nd
JGP Final 2nd 2nd
JGP Croatia WD
JGP Estonia 1st
JGP Japan 1st
JGP Slovakia 4th
JGP Slovenia 1st
JGP Spain 7th
Volvo Open Cup 1st J.
National[13]
Russian Champ. 4th 6th 5th 10th
Russian Junior 12th 2nd 1st 3rd 17th
J. = Junior level
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew

Detailed results

Sakhanovich at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7
61.46		 18
85.22		 17
146.68
24–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships Senior 12
59.59		 11
118.74		 10
178.33
26–29 November 2015 2015 Warsaw Cup Senior 3
53.89		 2
122.52		 2
176.41
27 October–1 November 2015 2015 Ice Challenge Senior 5
54.39		 4
103.34		 4
157.73
30 September–3 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 4
60.10		 9
92.36		 7
152.46
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 2
63.09		 3
123.06		 2
186.15
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4
62.60		 2
123.36		 3
185.96
24–27 December 2014 2015 Russian Championships Senior 11
59.21		 5
132.63		 5
191.84
11–14 December 2014 2014–15 ISU JGP Final Junior 2
66.05		 2
119.96		 2
186.01
10–14 September 2014 2014 ISU JGP Japan Junior 2
56.03		 1
121.66		 1
177.69
27–31 August 2014 2014 ISU JGP Slovenia Junior 1
66.58		 1
125.38		 1
191.96
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 2
64.75		 2
117.38		 2
182.13
23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
67.82		 1
128.96		 1
196.78
24–26 December 2013 2014 Russian Championships Senior 7
62.36		 6
121.22		 6
183.58
5–6 December 2013 2013–14 ISU JGP Final Junior 2
60.56		 3
112.30		 2
172.86
7–10 November 2013 2013 Volvo Open Junior 1
63.46		 1
126.69		 1
190.15
9–12 October 2013 2013 ISU JGP Estonia Junior 4
55.17		 1
109.31		 1
164.48
11–14 September 2013 2013 ISU JGP Slovakia Junior 6
49.24		 3
112.48		 4
161.72
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
67.49		 2
124.06		 2
191.55
25–28 December 2012 2013 Russian Championships Senior 9
56.50		 4
120.87		 4
177.37
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
5–7 February 2012 2012 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9
50.28		 11
93.61		 12
143.89

References

  1. 1 2 Ermolina, Olga (16 August 2013). Серафима САХАНОВИЧ: «Изменений никаких. Просто выросла» [Serafima Sakhanovich: "No changes to report. I just grew."] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Саханович Серафима Андреевна [Serafima Andreyevna Sakhanovich] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ermolina, Olga (1 August 2014). Серафима Саханович: «Дупель прыгаю без тормоза» [Serafima Sakhanovich interview] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation.
  4. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (6 December 2013). Серафима Саханович: «Проспорила тренеру и теперь надену костюм мальчика из нашей группы» [Serafima Sakhanovich: A bet with her coach] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: SERAFIMA SAKHANOVICH". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Фигуристка Саханович разучит четверной сальхов к новому сезону - тренер".
  7. ↑ "Sakhanovich to learn quad Salchow".
  8. 1 2 Симоненко, Андрей. "Третий раз в новый класс. Зачем одна из лучших юниорок мира сменила тренера". Sovsport. Sovsport. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Серафима Саханович: программы для нового сезона мне поставил Никита Михайлов [Serafima Serafima Sakhanovich: Program for the new season I put Nikita Mikhailov]. Team Russia 2014 (in Russian). 8 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (7 August 2015). Серафима Саханович: «Работать с Никитой Михайловым очень интересно» [Serafima Serafima Sakhanovich: "Working with Nikita Mikhailov is very interesting"] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation.
  11. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Саханович Серафима Андреевна [Serafima Andreyevna Sakhanovich] (in Russian). fskate.ru.

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