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Serafima Sakhanovich

Serafima Sakhanovich
2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Serafima Sakhanovich IMG 1597.JPG
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 (age 17)
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

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.

Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich was born 9 February 2000 in Saint Petersburg. She has two older sisters.

Sakhanovich began skating in 2007, coached from the start by Alina Pisarenko in Saint Petersburg.

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.

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. 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.


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