Mihhail Selevko

Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2019 Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist, and a two-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023).

Mihhail Selevko
Born (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002
Tallinn, Estonia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Estonia
CoachIrina Kononova
Skating clubKristalluisk FSC
Began skating2005

Personal life

Selevko was born on November 20, 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia to Ukrainian immigrants Galina and Anatoli Selevko. His mother is an accountant, and his father is a computer programmer. Selevko's older brother Aleksandr also represents Estonia internationally in figure skating.[1] He can speak Estonian, Russian, and English fluently, and is also learning Finnish.

He is currently a student at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, where he studies game design.[2]

Career

Early career

Selevko began figure skating in 2005, following his older brother into the sport.

He won the Estonian Novice Championships in 2015 and 2016.[3]

2016–17 season

Beginning his season on the junior level at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy, Selevko placed ninth. He went on to make his debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing twenty-fourth at the 2016 JGP Estonia. He then competed at the 2016 Volvo Open Cup and the 2016 Tallinn Trophy, Selevko placed thirteenth and ninth, respectively.[3]

At the 2017 Estonian Championships, Selevko placed fifth on the senior level and third on the junior level. He also won gold at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup on the advanced novice level, before closing his season with bronze medal at the 2017 Egna Spring Trophy.[3]

2017–18 season

Selevko began his season competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eighteenth at the 2017 JGP Latvia and fifteenth at the 2017 JGP Belarus. Going on to compete at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup and the 2017 Tallinn Trophy, Selevko finished tenth and eleventh, respectively.[3]

Selevko won the silver medal at the 2018 Estonian Junior Championships. He ended the season with a gold medal at the 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup.[3]

2018–19 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko began his season with a twelfth-place finish at the 2018 JGP Lithuania and an eleventh-place finish at the 2018 JGP Czech Republic.[3]

He went on to compete at the 2018 Ice Star and the 2018 Tallinn Trophy, finishing ninth and fifth, respectively. At the 2019 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the gold medal at both the senior and junior-level championships.[3]

Assigned to compete at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Games, Selevko won the silver medal. He went on to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished in twenty-seventh place.[3]

2019–20 season

On the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko placed tenth at the 2019 JGP Russia and ninth at the 2019 JGP Italy.[3]

Debuting on the senior international level, Selevko placed fifth at the 2019 CS Ice Star and won the gold medal at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy.[3]

At the 2020 Estonian Championships, Selevko won silver at both the senior and junior-level championships. He went on to win gold on the senior level at the 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup and 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup.[3]

2020–21 season

Selevko started his season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished ninth. He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 Estonian Championships behind his brother, Aleksandr and Arlet Levandi.[3]

2021–22 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko finished sixth at both the 2021 JGP Russia and the 2021 JGP Austria. Selevko went on to compete at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, and the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, placing seventh, fourth, and fourteenth, respectively.[3]

At the 2022 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the bronze medal at the senior championships and the gold medal at the junior championships. Going on to compete at the 2022 International Challenge Cup, Selevko won the silver medal.[3]

Making his World Championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, France, Selevko placed twentieth in the short program, qualifying for the free skate segment of the competition. He then placed thirteenth in the free skate and finished in fifteenth-place overall. He also competed 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Selevko placed third in the short program but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth-place overall.[3]

2022–23 season

Selevko began his season at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing eleventh. He went on to compete at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he placed fourth. Making his debut on the Grand Prix series, he finished eleventh at 2022 Skate America and ninth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France.[3]

Going on to compete at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Selevko won the bronze medal. At the 2023 Estonian Championships, he won his second senior national title and was ultimately selected to compete at both the European and World Championships.[3]

Competing at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Selevko placed eleventh in the short program and eighth in the free skate, finishing in eighth place overall. His placement earned two spots for Estonian men's singles skaters at the 2024 European Championships. Selevko then went on to compete at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, where he placed eleventh.[3]

At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Selevko placed fifteenth in the short program and seventeenth in the free skate, finishing seventeenth overall.[3]

2023–24 season

Beginning the season with two Challenger assignments in consecutive weeks, Selevko was fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy and fourth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[4]
2022–2023
[5]
2021–2022
[6]
2020–2021
[7]
2019–2020
[8]
2018–2019
[9]
2017–2018
[10]
2016–2017
[11]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level[3]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships 15th 17th
European Championships 8th
GP France 9th
GP NHK Trophy TBD
GP Skate America 11th
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Budapest Trophy 4th
CS Cup of Austria 4th
CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th 5th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14th 3rd
CS Ice Star 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 11th
Challenge Cup 2nd 11th
Mentor Toruń Cup 4th
Tallink Hotels Cup 6th
Tallinn Trophy 1st
Estonian Championships 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st
Competition placements at junior level[3][12]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Junior World Championships 27th 6th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Belarus 15th
JGP Czech Republic 11th
JGP Estonia 24th
JGP Italy 9th
JGP Latvia 18th
JGP Lithuania 12th
JGP Russia 10th 6th
Egna Spring Trophy 3rd
European Youth Olympic Festival 2nd
Ice Star 3rd N 3rd N 9th
Jégvirág Cup 1st N
Lombardia Trophy 9th
Tallink Hotels Cup 1st N 1st
Tallinn Trophy 2nd N 4th N 9th 11th 5th
Volvo Open Cup 3rd N 3rd N 13th 10th
Estonian Championships 5th S 1st S
Estonian Junior Championships 1st N 1st N 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS234.722022 World Championships
Short program TSS82.612021 CS Cup of Austria
TES45.862021 CS Cup of Austria
PCS38.432022 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skating TSS155.872022 World Championships
TES80.732022 World Championships
PCS77.162022 World Junior Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS136.542017 JGP Latvia
Short program TSS51.732017 JGP Belarus
TES28.302017 JGP Belarus
PCS23.432017 JGP Belarus
Free skating TSS87.262017 JGP Latvia
TES41.702017 JGP Latvia
PCS46.562017 JGP Latvia

Senior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 9–11, 2016 Estonia 2017 Estonian Championships 5 44.65 4 82.29 5 126.94
Results in the 2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 14–16, 2018 Estonia 2019 Estonian Championships 1 66.92 2 125.74 1 192.66
Results in the 2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 18–20, 2019 Belarus 2019 CS Ice Star 10 58.69 4 138.93 5 197.62
Nov 11–17, 2019 Estonia 2019 Tallinn Trophy 1 73.86 2 135.96 1 209.82
Dec 13–15, 2019 Estonia 2020 Estonian Championships 3 61.28 2 132.75 2 194.03
Jan 7–12, 2020 Poland 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup 5 61.77 4 126.02 4 187.79
Feb 13–16, 2020 Estonia 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup 4 76.44 10 121.15 6 197.59
Results in the 2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–25, 2020 Germany 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 7 71.59 10 121.42 9 193.01
Jan 30–31, 2021 Estonia 2021 Estonian Championships 1 79.55 3 107.70 3 187.25
Results in the 2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 28–31, 2021 Kazakhstan 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 3 78.80 10 121.28 7 200.08
Nov 11–14, 2021 Austria 2021 CS Cup of Austria 2 82.61 7 138.50 4 221.11
Dec 4–5, 2021 Estonia 2022 Estonian Championships 3 69.68 3 113.49 3 183.17
Dec 7–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 12 70.84 14 138.24 14 209.08
Feb 24–27, 2022 Netherlands 2022 International Challenge Cup 3 79.86 2 161.66 2 241.52
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 20 78.85 13 155.87 15 234.72
Results in the 2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–24, 2022 Germany 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9 67.28 11 115.81 11 183.09
Oct 4–9, 2022 Finland 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 3 79.79 6 140.54 4 220.33
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 7 75.75 12 116.05 11 191.80
Nov 4–6, 2022 France 2022 Grand Prix de France 5 79.40 11 133.52 9 212.92
Dec 7–10, 2022 Croatia 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 77.32 4 140.19 3 217.51
Dec 17–18, 2022 Estonia 2023 Estonian Championships 2 77.34 1 154.09 1 231.43
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 11 73.74 8 144.56 8 218.30
Feb 23–26, 2023 Netherlands 2023 International Challenge Cup 6 74.38 12 121.15 11 195.53
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 15 76.81 17 154.13 17 230.94
Results in the 2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6–8, 2023 Finland 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 5 78.54 5 145.41 5 223.95
Oct 13–15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 2 82.11 9 137.07 4 219.18
Oct 27–29, 2023 Canada 2023 Skate Canada International
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy

Junior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–11, 2016 Italy 2016 Lombardia Trophy 9 35.51 9 65.02 9 100.53
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016 Estonia 2016 JGP Estonia 18 48.02 25 80.56 24 128.58
Nov 9–13, 2016 Latvia 2016 Volvo Open Cup 13 33.55 13 57.53 13 91.08
Nov 22–27, 2016 Estonia 2016 Tallinn Trophy 11 34.67 9 79.04 9 113.71
Jan 6–8, 2017 Estonia 2017 Estonian Junior Championships 3 49.83 3 105.35 3 155.18
Apr 6–9, 2017 Italy 2017 Egna Spring Trophy 3 47.26 4 78.13 3 125.39
Results in the 2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 6–9, 2017 Latvia 2017 JGP Latvia 16 49.28 18 87.26 18 136.54
Sep 20–23, 2017 Belarus 2017 JGP Belarus 13 51.73 17 83.58 15 135.31
Nov 8–12, 2017 Latvia 2017 Volvo Open Cup 10 42.77 10 79.62 10 122.39
Nov 21–26, 2017 Estonia 2017 Tallinn Trophy 7 54.17 11 91.74 11 145.91
Feb 2–4, 2018 Estonia 2018 Estonian Junior Championships 2 53.21 1 105.88 2 159.09
Mar 15–18, 2018 Estonia 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup 1 51.89 1 91.74 1 143.63
Results in the 2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 5–8, 2018 Lithuania 2018 JGP Lithuania 11 54.32 13 94.09 12 148.41
Sep 26–29, 2018 Czech Republic 2018 JGP Czech Republic 10 55.65 13 90.04 11 145.69
Oct 18–21, 2018 Belarus 2018 Ice Star 10 46.50 7 97.53 9 144.03
Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2018 Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy 5 55.51 4 109.36 5 164.87
Jan 5–6, 2019 Estonia 2019 Estonian Junior Championships 1 56.93 1 108.43 1 165.36
Feb 22–24, 2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2 68.31 5 111.98 2 180.29
Mar 4–10, 2019 Croatia 2019 World Junior Championships 27 56.68 27 56.68
Results in the 2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 11–14, 2019 Russia 2019 JGP Russia 15 53.72 8 116.23 10 169.95
Oct 2–5, 2019 Italy 2019 JGP Italy 11 61.55 8 128.31 9 189.86
Feb 1–2, 2020 Estonia 2020 Estonian Junior Championships 2 61.24 2 128.77 2 190.01
Results in the 2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 15–18, 2021 Russia 2021 JGP Russia 6 69.30 7 130.53 6 199.83
Oct 6–9, 2021 Austria 2021 JGP Austria 8 62.16 5 133.63 6 195.79
Feb 5–6, 2022 Estonia 2022 Estonian Junior Championships 1 78.15 2 144.99 1 223.14
Apr 13–17, 2022 Estonia 2022 World Junior Championships 3 81.26 9 137.42 6 218.68

References

  1. Petrova, Margaret (15 April 2021). "Iluuisutaja Aleksandr Selevko tulisest konkurentsist vennaga: me pidevalt võistleme omavahel, üritame teineteist võita" [Figure skater Aleksandr Selevko's fierce competition with his brother: we are constantly competing with each other, trying to win against each other]. Kroonika (in Estonian).
  2. "Mihhail Selevko". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. "Competition Results: Mihhail SELEVKO". International Skating Union.
  4. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023.
  5. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023.
  6. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
  7. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  8. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.
  9. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
  10. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018.
  11. "Mihhail SELEVKO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.
  12. "Mihhail SELEVKO". RinkResults.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.