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, 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 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 has won two silver medals on the ISU Challenger Series medals, at the 2015 Warsaw Cup and 2016 Tallinn Trophy. Earlier in her career, she became a two-time (2014, 2015) World Junior silver medalist, a two-time (2013–14, 2014–15) JGP Final silver medalist, and the 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.

2013–14 season: First medal at Junior Worlds

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: Second silver medal at Junior Worlds

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 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 April 9, 2015, R-Sport news agency reported that Sakhanovich had rejoined her former coach in Saint Petersburg, Alina Pisarenko. Sakhanovich said she hoped to master the quad salchow in the following season.[6][7] She said she changed coaches because her family was unable to live in two different cities at once.[8]

2015–16 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.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[9]
2015–16
[10][11][12]
2014–15
[3][13]
2013–14
[1][14]
  • 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
2012–13
  • Once Upon a December
    (from Anastasia)
    by Deana Carter
2011–12
  • Russian folk music
  • Meeting with Wife
    (Russian: Встреча С Женой
    from Seventeen Moments of Spring)
    by Mikael Tariverdiev
2010–11
  • Russia folk music
2009–10

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
GP Skate America 7th
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Ice Challenge 4th
CS Nebelhorn 6th
CS Tallinn Trophy 2nd
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[15]
Russian Champ. 4th 6th 5th 10th
Russian Junior 12th 2nd 1st 3rd 17th
J = Junior level
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior career

2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
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".
  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. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Serafima SAKHANOVICH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  15. ↑ Саханович Серафима Андреевна [Serafima Andreyevna Sakhanovich]. fskate.ru (in Russian).

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