Elena Liashenko
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Liashenko at the 2004 World Championships
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| Native name | Олена Анатоліївна Ляшенко | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Olena Anatoliyivna Liashenko | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Russian: Elena Liashenko | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||
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September 8, 1976 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Maryna Amirkhanova | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Dinamo Kiev | ||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 165.16 2004 Grand Prix Final |
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| Short program | 60.54 2004 Grand Prix Final |
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| Free skate | 104.94 2003 NHK Trophy |
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Olena (Elena) Anatoliyivna Liashenko (Ukrainian: Олена Анатоліївна Ляшенко,Russian: Елена Анатольевна Ляшенко; born August 9, 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.
Liashenko was born on August 9, 1976 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR. In the summer of 2005, she married Ukrainian pentathlete Andriy Yefremenko, the brother of Galina Efremenko's husband. In 2007, they had a son, Platon.
Liashenko started skating at the age of four-and-a-half. 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. 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.
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