Aleksandr SELEVKO

Estonia

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 23 May 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Place of birth: JOGEVA

Birth Country:

Estonia

Residence: TALLINN

Residence Country:

Estonia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Men Single Skating	28

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Men Single Skating - Short Program	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men Single Skating	2021	Stockholm, SWE
27	Men Single Skating	2019	Saitama, JPN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men Single Skating	2020	Graz, AUT
17	Men Single Skating	2019	Minsk, BLR

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men Single Skating	2020	Tallinn, EST
19	Men Single Skating	2016	Debrecen, HUN
27	Men Single Skating	2018	Sofia, BUL
27	Men Single Skating	2018	Sofia, BUL

Nickname:

Sasha

Music:

Short Program: I Step Out For A While by Patrick Watson
Free Skating: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor Op 48; Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor B 49 by Frederic Chopin

Hobbies:

Playing the piano. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Enrolled in 2021 as a student of physiotherapy at Tartu University (EST). (Kroonika, 16 Apr 2021)
Graduated from high school in 2020 (Instagram, 4 Jul 2020)

Family:

Father, Anatoli (computer programmer). Mother, Galina (accountant). Brother, Mihhail.

Languages spoken:

Russian, Estonian

Club name:

Kristalluisk Tallinn

Coach:

Irina Kononova (EST)
Katerina Kalenda (EST)
Kirill Davydenko (RUS)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Mihhail: (Figure skating): Competitive single figure skater. Silver medallist at 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

Debut:

Golden Bear 2016 (Single skating - 11th)

Choreographer:

Denis Lunin (RUS)

National team:

2014

Start:

2004

Reason:

Started figure skating because a cousin skated. (Athlete, 24 May 2021)

Ambition:

To compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 24 May 2021)

Training:

Trains in Tallinn together with his younger brother Mihhail.

Memorable:

Finishing 16th at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 and earning an Olympic quota place. "When I learned that I qualified for the Olympic Games, I was first holding it together, but when I got to my coach I broke down in tears of joy. This happened for the first time to me." (Kroonika, 16 Apr 2021).

Competing at the ISU World Junior Championships 2016 (19th) and the ISU European Championships 2020 (16th). (Athlete, 24 May 2021)

Hero:

Olympic champion figure skaters Alexei Yagudin (RUS) and Evgeni Plushenko (RUS). (Kroonika, 16 Apr 2021)

Influence:

His parents, his brother and his coach (Irina Kononova). "Thanks to my parents, I started figure skating and they have done a lot for my career, as did my coach. And my brother pushes me to progress and to overcome myself every day." (Athlete, 24 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Believe in yourself and everything is possible." (Athlete, 24 May 2021)

General Interest

COMPETING WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER
He and his younger brother Mihhail see themselves as competitors. "It's an individual sport. "It's every man for himself. I think that competition helps." (Kroonika, 16 Apr 2021)

UKRAINE TO ESTONIA
His parents moved from Ukraine to Estonia in 2001, first to Jogeva for a few months, then to the capital of Tallinn, because there was a wider range of job opportunities for them to pursue there. (Kroonika, 16 Apr 2021)

Milestones

Finishing 16th at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 is the best result for an Estonian male single skater to date.
International debut ISU JGP Czech Skate 2014 (junior - 18th)

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