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 Yakovishina in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 September 1992 (age 31) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
Medal record | |
Elena Yakovishina (born 17 September 1992 [1] in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia [2] ) is an alpine skier from Russia. She competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events.
She was born on 17 September 1992 [1] in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. She was born hearing-impaired, her disability certificate was issued in 2016.
For the first time she stood on mountain skis when she was three years old, her parents haven't had peace of mind ever since. When she was 5 years old, she was admitted to Edelveis Ski School in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to be trained by honored Russian coach A. Katalagin.
Now Elena is training alone in Europe with some helps from boyfriend Cristian Simari Birkner. She doesn't have sponsors for have a coach or join some commertial team.
Education. Higher (baccalaureate). In 2016 she graduated with honors from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE), with a qualification of an Alpine Skiing coach-teacher.
First World Cup start - 29 January 2012 St. Moritz (SUI).
On Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi she was 14th place in Combination, 28th in Downhill and 24th in Super-G.
On winter Universiade 2017 Alma-Ati she got 1st place in super-g.
So, from 2016 Elena is racing in deaf sport. Many times she won Russian deaf national championship.
She raced in Deaflympic games 2019 and did greatest results for Russian deaf alpine ski sport. 4 gold and 1 silver medal in Santa Caterina (Italy) [3] [4]
She did also second World deaf alpine skiing championship 2017 where she won three gold and two silver medals.
She is using skis and boots from Atomic and ski poles from Leki.
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