Elena Liashenko
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![]() Liashenko at the 2004 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Ukrainian: Olena Anatoliyivna Liashenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | Олена Анатоліївна Ляшенко | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR | 9 August 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olena Liashenko (Ukrainian: Олена Анатоліївна Ляшенко[1] Olena Anatoliyivna Liashenko; born 9 August 1976) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time European medalist (silver in 2004, bronze in 1995 and 2005) and won nine medals on the Grand Prix series, including three golds (1998 Skate Canada International, 2003 Cup of Russia, and 2003 Cup of China). She competed at four Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]Liashenko was born on 9 August 1976 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR.[2] In the summer of 2005, she married Ukrainian pentathlete Andriy Yefremenko, the brother of Galina Efremenko's husband.[2][3] In 2007, they had a son, Platon.[4]
Career
[edit]Liashenko started skating at the age of four-and-a-half.[3] She placed tenth at the 1993 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
In the 1993–94, Liashenko placed 11th at the 1993 Skate Canada International and stepped onto her first senior national podium, taking silver at the Ukrainian Championships. In January 1994, she placed 19th at the European Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In February, she qualified for the free skate at her first Winter Olympics and went on to finish 19th in Lillehammer, Norway.[1] She concluded her season in March with a 6th-place finish at the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, Japan, having placed sixth in all segments.
In the 1994–95 season, Liashenko won silver at the 1994 Nations Cup in Germany and repeated as the national silver medalist. She won her first ISU Championship medal, bronze, at the 1995 Europeans in Dortmund. She finished ninth at the 1995 Worlds in Birmingham, after placing sixth in the short program and tenth in the free skate.
In the 1995–96 season, Liashenko competed in the inaugural Champions Series (later known as the Grand Prix series) and won her first national title.
Liashenko is a four-time Olympian. She finished in the top ten at nine World Championships. Her highest finish was sixth, in 1994 and 2002. She retired after the 2005/2006 season due to recurring injury. Her injuries became a problem after the national championships. She withdrew from the 2006 European Championships, but managed to compete at the Olympics.[1] She retired afterwards.
After retiring from competition, Liashenko began coaching young children in Kyiv.[4][5] In August 2014, she began coaching young children at HC PZ Kraso Kladno in Kladno, Czech Republic.[6]
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2005–06 [2] |
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2004–05 [7] |
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2003–04 [8] |
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2002–03 [9] |
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2001–02 [10] |
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2000–01 [11] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
International[12] | ||||||||||||||
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Event | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 |
Olympics | 19th | 9th | 14th | 17th | ||||||||||
Worlds | 6th | 9th | 12th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 11th | 10th | |||
Europeans | 19th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | ||
GP Final | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | ||||||||||
GP Cup of China | 1st | 4th | ||||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 6th | 1st | |||||||||||
GP Lalique | 4th | 4th | ||||||||||||
GP Nations Cup / Spark./Bofrost |
2nd | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | ||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 8th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | |||||||
GP Skate America | 7th | 3rd | 6th | |||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 8th | 9th | 1st | |||||||||||
Goodwill Games | 5th | |||||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Nations Cup | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Skate Canada | 11th | |||||||||||||
Skate Israel | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Ukrainian Souvenir | 3rd | 1st | ||||||||||||
International: Junior[12] | ||||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 10th | |||||||||||||
EYOF | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Ukrainian Souvenir | 2nd J | |||||||||||||
National[12] | ||||||||||||||
Ukrainian Champ. | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
WD: Withdrew |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Olena Liashenko". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ a b c "Elena LIASHENKO: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 July 2006.
- ^ a b Maksimenko, Olena (17 April 2009). Олена Ляшенко: Натхнення йде зсередини [Olena Liashenko: Inspiration comes from the inside] (in Ukrainian). Ukraina Moloda. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
- ^ a b Kargova, Tatiana (11 January 2008). Школа гармонии [School of harmony] (in Russian). Еженедельник 2000. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- ^ Mikhailova, Aleksandra (19 January 2007). Елена Ляшенко: "Женщины будут прыгать, как мужчины" [Elena Liashenko: "Women will jump like men"] (in Russian). Gazeta Po-Kievski. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
- ^ "HC PZ KRASNO KLADNO". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Elena LIASHENKO: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 August 2005.
- ^ "Elena LIASHENKO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
- ^ "Elena LIASHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003.
- ^ "Elena LIASHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
- ^ "Elena LIASHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001.
- ^ a b c "Elena LIASHENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
External links
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- Olympic figure skaters for Ukraine
- Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Figure skaters from Kyiv
- Ukrainian female single skaters
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games