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 Angelina Turenko
Former coach Evgeni Plushenko, Alina Pisarenko, Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, Evgeni Rukavicin
Choreographer Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov
Former choreographer Nikita Mikhailov, Eteri Tutberidze, Irina Sushchenko
Skating club Olympic School St. Petersburg
Former skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Saint Petersburg
Former training locations Moscow
Began skating 2007
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
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
2014 SofiaLadies' singles
2015 TallinnLadies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2013–14 FukuokaLadies' singles
2014–15 BarcelonaLadies' singles

Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich (Russian: Серафима Андреевна Саханович; born 9 February 2000) is a Russian figure skater. She has won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. Earlier in her career, she won silver at two World Junior Championships (2014, 2015), silver at two JGP Finals (2013–2014, 2014–2015), and gold at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships.

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.

2013–2014 season: First medal at Junior Worlds

Sakhanovich made her international debut in the 2013–2014 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]

2014–2015 season: Second silver medal at Junior Worlds

Sakhanovich's first assignment of the 2014 JGP series 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 ahead of Japan's Yuka Nagai. After another gold medal in Japan, she qualified for the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona. In Spain, she won the silver medal behind teammate Evgenia Medvedeva after placing second in both segments.

Competing on the senior level at the 2015 Russian Championships, Sakhanovich placed 11th in the short program but 5th in the free skate, allowing her to move up to 5th overall. At the 2015 Russian Junior Nationals she placed 4th in the short and second in the free on her way to the bronze medal. She made the team for the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where she won the silver medal behind Evgenia Medvedeva after placing second in the short and third in the free.

On 9 April 2015, R-Sport news agency reported that Sakhanovich had rejoined her former coach in Saint Petersburg, Alina Pisarenko, and that she hoped to master the quad Salchow in the following season.[6] She said that she had changed coaches because her family was unable to live in two different cities at once.[7]

2015–2016 season: Senior international debut

Sakhanovich started her season by placing 7th at the 2015 JGP in Spain. She then made a coaching change, moving from Alina Pisarenko to Evgeni Rukavicin, and withdrew from the JGP in Croatia in order to adjust to her new training situation and to change her free program.[8]

Making her senior international debut, Sakahnovich competed at two ISU Challenger Series events; she finished fourth at the 2015 CS Ice Challenge and took silver at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup with a new season's best score of 176.41 points. Her results at both Russian Championships were the lowest of her career. After placing tenth at the senior event in December, she finished 17th at the junior event in January, having ranked last in the free skate with four falls on her jumps.

2016–2017 season

Making her Grand Prix debut, Sakhanovich placed 7th at the 2016 Skate America. She finished 12th at the 2017 Russian Championships. She was coached by Evgeni Rukavicin in Saint Petersburg.[9]

2017–2018 season

In late September 2017, Sakhanovich changed coaches, deciding to join Evgeni Plushenko at his skating school in Moscow.[10] She placed 5th at her Grand Prix assignment, 2017 Skate America, and 9th at the 2018 Russian Championships. In addition to Plushenko, she trained under Yulia Lavrenchuk until Lavrenchuk's departure at the end of the season.[11] After returning to Saint Petersburg, Sakhanovich decided to be coached by Angelina Turenko.[11]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–2019
[11]
  • TBA
2017–2018
[12]
2016–2017
[9]
2015–2016
[13][14][15]
2014–2015
[3][16]
2013–2014
[1][17]
  • 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
  • Once Upon a December
    (from Anastasia)
    by Deana Carter
2011–2012
  • Russian folk music
  • Meeting with Wife
    (Russian: Встреча С Женой
    from Seventeen Moments of Spring)
    by Mikael Tariverdiev
2010–2011
  • Russia folk music
2009–2010

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[5]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
GP Skate America7th5th
CS Ice Challenge4th
CS Finlandia8th
CS Ice Star2nd
CS Nebelhorn6th
CS Tallinn Trophy2nd
CS Warsaw Cup2nd1st
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds2nd2nd
JGP Final2nd2nd
JGP CroatiaWD
JGP Estonia1st
JGP Japan1st
JGP Slovakia4th
JGP Slovenia1st
JGP Spain7th
Volvo Open Cup1st J
National[18]
Russian Champ.4th6th5th10th12th9th
Russian Junior12th2nd1st3rd17th
J = Junior level
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior career

2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 8
67.58		 10
129.86		 9
197.44
24–26 November 2017 2017 Skate America 5
66.28		 5
123.47		 5
189.75
16–19 November 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 1
61.23		 1
115.16		 1
176.39
26–29 October 2017 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 2
60.63		 2
113.86		 2
174.49
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships 13
59.37		 12
116.16		 12
175.53
20–27 November 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 2
60.78		 2
116.57		 2
177.35
21–23 October 2016 2016 Skate America 8
56.52		 7
107.32		 7
163.84
6–10 October 2016 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy 14
42.88		 5
100.49		 8
143.37
22–24 September 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6
52.69		 5
101.99		 6
154.68

Junior career

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". rsport.ru (in Russian). 8 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Симоненко, Андрей (8 October 2015). "Третий раз в новый класс. Зачем одна из лучших юниорок мира сменила тренера". Sovetsky Sport (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Симоненко, Андрей. "Третий раз в новый класс. Зачем одна из лучших юниорок мира сменила тренера". Sovsport. Sovsport. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Саханович перешла тренироваться к Плющенко". Sport Express (in Russian). 24 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 Flade, Tatjana (13 July 2018). "Fresh start for Russia's Serafima Sakhanovich". goldenskate.com.
  12. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  18. ↑ Саханович Серафима Андреевна [Serafima Andreyevna Sakhanovich]. fskate.ru (in Russian).

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