Mihhail Selevko

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Mihhail Selevko
Mihhail Selevko - 2019 World Junior Championships.jpg
Born (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 (age 21)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Discipline Men's singles
CoachIrina Kononova
Skating clubKristalluisk Figure Skating Club
Began skating2005
Estonian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Tallinn Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tallinn Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tallinn Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tallinn Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tallinn Singles

Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2019 Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist, and a three-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023-24).

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Personal life

Selevko was born on November 20, 2002, in Tallinn, Estonia, to Ukrainian immigrants Galina and Anatoli Selevko. His mother is an accountant and his father is a computer programmer. Selevko's older brother Aleksandr also represents Estonia internationally in figure skating. [1] He can speak Estonian, Russian, and English fluently, and is also learning Finnish.

He is most recently a student at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, where he studies game design. [2]

Career

Early career

Selevko began figure skating in 2005, following his older brother into the sport.

He won the Estonian Novice Championships in 2015 and 2016. [3]

2016–17 season

Beginning his season on the junior level at the 2016 Lombardia Trophy, Selevko finished in ninth place. He went on to make his debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing twenty-fourth at the 2016 JGP Estonia. He then competed at the 2016 Volvo Open Cup and the 2016 Tallinn Trophy, where he finished thirteenth and ninth, respectively. [3]

At the 2017 Estonian Championships, Selevko placed fifth on the senior level and third on the junior level. He also won the gold medal at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup on the advanced novice level, before closing his season with a bronze medal win at the 2017 Egna Spring Trophy. [3]

2017–18 season

Selevko began his season competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eighteenth at the 2017 JGP Latvia and fifteenth at the 2017 JGP Belarus. Going on to compete at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup and the 2017 Tallinn Trophy, Selevko finished tenth and eleventh, respectively. [3]

Selevko won the silver medal at the 2018 Estonian Junior Championships. He ended the season with a gold medal at the 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup. [3]

2018–19 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko began his season with a twelfth-place finish at the 2018 JGP Lithuania and an eleventh-place finish at the 2018 JGP Czech Republic. [3]

He went on to compete at the 2018 Ice Star and the 2018 Tallinn Trophy, where he finished in ninth place and fifth place, respectively. At the 2019 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the gold medal at both the senior and junior-level championships. [3]

Assigned to compete at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Games, Selevko won the silver medal. He then went on to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished in twenty-seventh place. [3]

2019–20 season

On the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko placed tenth at the 2019 JGP Russia and ninth at the 2019 JGP Italy. [3]

Debuting on the senior international level, Selevko finished in fifth place at the 2019 Ice Star and won the gold medal at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy. [3]

At the 2020 Estonian Championships, Selevko won silver medals at both the senior and junior-level championships. He went on to win gold medals on the senior level at the 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup and 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup. [3]

2020–21 season

Selevko began his season at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished in ninth place. He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 Estonian Championships. [3]

2021–22 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko finished in sixth place at both the 2021 JGP Russia and the 2021 JGP Austria. Selevko went on to compete at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, the 2021 Cup of Austria, and the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb, placing seventh, fourth, and fourteenth, respectively. [3]

At the 2022 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the bronze medal at the senior championships and the gold medal at the junior championships. Going on to compete at the 2022 International Challenge Cup, Selevko won the silver medal. [3]

Making his World Championship debut at the 2022 World Championships, Selevko finished twentieth in the short program, qualifying for the free skate segment of the competition. He then placed thirteenth in the free skate and finished in fifteenth place overall. He also competed at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. Selevko placed third in the short program ,but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth place overall. [3]

2022–23 season

Selevko began his season at the 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished in eleventh place. He went on to compete at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy, finishing in fourth place. Making his debut on the Grand Prix series, he finished eleventh at 2022 Skate America and ninth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France. [3]

Selevko won the bronze medal at the 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2023 Estonian Championships, he won his second senior national title and was ultimately selected to compete at both the European and World Championships. [3]

Competing at the 2023 European Championships, Selevko placed eleventh in the short program and eighth in the free skate, finishing in eighth place overall. His placement earned two spots for Estonian men's singles skaters at the 2024 European Championships. Selevko then went on to compete at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, where he finished in eleventh place. [3]

At the 2023 World Championships, Selevko placed fifteenth in the short program and seventeenth in the free skate, finishing seventeenth overall. [3]

2023–24 season

Beginning the season with two Challenger Series assignments in consecutive weeks, Selevko finished in fifth place at the 2023 Finlandia Trophy and fourth place at the 2023 Budapest Trophy. [3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skate Ref.
2016–17 [4]
2017–18 [5]
2018–19 [6]
2019–20 [7]
2020–21 [8]
2021–22 [9]
2022–23
  • "What Could Have Been" (orchestral version)
    By Samuel Kim
  • "What Could Have Been"
    By Sting & Ray Chen
    Choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
[10]
2023–24 [11]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level [3]
Season 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships 15th17th
European Championships 8th30th
Estonian Championships 5th1st2nd3rd3rd1st1st
GP France 9th
GP NHK Trophy 12th
GP Skate America 11th
GP Skate Canada 11th
CS Budapest Trophy 4th
CS Cup of Austria 4th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th5th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14th3rd
CS Ice Star 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th11th
Challenge Cup 2nd11th
Mentor Toruń Cup 4th
Tallink Hotels Cup6th
Tallinn Trophy 1st
Competition placements at junior level [3] [12]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
World Junior Championships 27th6th
Estonian Championships 3rd2nd1st2nd1st
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Belarus 15th
JGP Czech Republic 11th
JGP Estonia 24th
JGP Italy 9th
JGP Latvia 18th
JGP Lithuania 12th
JGP Russia 10th6th
Egna Spring Trophy 3rd
European Youth Olympic Festival 2nd
Ice Star 9th
Lombardia Trophy 9th
Tallink Hotels Cup1st
Tallinn Trophy 11th11th5th
Volvo Open Cup 13th10th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS234.72 2022 World Championships
Short program TSS82.61 2021 CS Cup of Austria
TES45.862021 CS Cup of Austria
PCS38.43 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skating TSS155.872022 World Championships
TES80.732022 World Championships
PCS77.16 2022 World Junior Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS136.54 2017 JGP Latvia
Short program TSS51.73 2017 JGP Belarus
TES28.302017 JGP Belarus
PCS23.432017 JGP Belarus
Free skating TSS87.262017 JGP Latvia
TES41.702017 JGP Latvia
PCS46.562017 JGP Latvia

Senior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 9–11, 2016 Flag of Estonia.svg 2017 Estonian Championships 544.65482.295126.94
Results in the 2018–19 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 14–16, 2018 Flag of Estonia.svg 2019 Estonian Championships 166.922125.741192.66
Results in the 2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 18–20, 2019 Flag of Belarus.svg 2019 CS Ice Star 1058.694138.935197.62
Nov 11–17, 2019 Flag of Estonia.svg 2019 Tallinn Trophy 173.862135.961209.82
Dec 13–15, 2019 Flag of Estonia.svg 2020 Estonian Championships 361.282132.752194.03
Jan 7–12, 2020 Flag of Poland.svg 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup 561.774126.024187.79
Feb 13–16, 2020 Flag of Estonia.svg 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup476.4410121.156197.59
Results in the 2020–21 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 22–25, 2020 Flag of Germany.svg 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 771.5910121.429193.01
Jan 30–31, 2021 Flag of Estonia.svg 2021 Estonian Championships 179.553107.703187.25
Results in the 2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 28–31, 2021 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 378.8010121.287200.08
Nov 11–14, 2021 Flag of Austria.svg 2021 CS Cup of Austria 282.617138.504221.11
Dec 4–5, 2021 Flag of Estonia.svg 2022 Estonian Championships 369.683113.493183.17
Dec 7–11, 2021 Flag of Croatia.svg 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1270.8414138.2414209.08
Feb 24–27, 2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2022 International Challenge Cup 379.862161.662241.52
Mar 21–27, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2022 World Championships 2078.8513155.8715234.72
Results in the 2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 21–24, 2022 Flag of Germany.svg 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 967.2811115.8111183.09
Oct 4–9, 2022 Flag of Finland.svg 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 379.796140.544220.33
Oct 21–23, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg 2022 Skate America 775.7512116.0511191.80
Nov 4–6, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2022 Grand Prix de France 579.4011133.529212.92
Dec 7–10, 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 277.324140.193217.51
Dec 17–18, 2022 Flag of Estonia.svg 2023 Estonian Championships 277.341154.091231.43
Jan 25–29, 2023 Flag of Finland.svg 2023 European Championships 1173.748144.568218.30
Feb 23–26, 2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2023 International Challenge Cup 674.3812121.1511195.53
Mar 22–26, 2023 Flag of Japan.svg 2023 World Championships 1576.8117154.1317230.94
Results in the 2023–24 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 6–8, 2023 Flag of Finland.svg 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 578.545145.415223.95
Oct 13–15, 2023 Flag of Hungary.svg 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 282.119137.074219.18
Oct 27–29, 2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Skate Canada International 1270.189140.6011210.78
Nov 24–26, 2023 Flag of Japan.svg 2023 NHK Trophy 681.3112126.2712207.58
Dec 16–17, 2023 Flag of Estonia.svg 2023 Estonian Championships 180.342156.771237.11
Jan 8–14, 2024 Flag of Lithuania.svg 2024 European Championships 3060.093060.09

Junior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 8–11, 2016 Flag of Italy.svg 2016 Lombardia Trophy 935.51965.029100.53
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016 Flag of Estonia.svg 2016 JGP Estonia 1848.022580.5624128.58
Nov 9–13, 2016 Flag of Latvia.svg 2016 Volvo Open Cup 1333.551357.531391.08
Nov 22–27, 2016 Flag of Estonia.svg 2016 Tallinn Trophy 1134.671134.67
Jan 6–8, 2017 Flag of Estonia.svg 2017 Estonian Championships (Junior) 349.833105.353155.18
Apr 6–9, 2017 Flag of Italy.svg 2017 Egna Spring Trophy 347.26478.133125.39
Results in the 2017–18 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 6–9, 2017 Flag of Latvia.svg 2017 JGP Latvia 1649.281887.2618136.54
Sep 20–23, 2017 Flag of Belarus.svg 2017 JGP Belarus 1351.731783.5815135.31
Nov 8–12, 2017 Flag of Latvia.svg 2017 Volvo Open Cup 1042.771079.6210122.39
Nov 21–26, 2017 Flag of Estonia.svg 2017 Tallinn Trophy 754.171191.7411145.91
Feb 2–4, 2018 Flag of Estonia.svg 2018 Estonian Championships (Junior) 253.211105.882159.09
Mar 15–18, 2018 Flag of Estonia.svg 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup151.89191.741143.63
Results in the 2018–19 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 5–8, 2018 Flag of Lithuania.svg 2018 JGP Lithuania 1154.321394.0912148.41
Sep 26–29, 2018 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2018 JGP Czech Republic 1055.651390.0411145.69
Oct 18–21, 2018 Flag of Belarus.svg 2018 Ice Star 1046.50797.539144.03
Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2018 Flag of Estonia.svg 2018 Tallinn Trophy 555.514109.365164.87
Jan 5–6, 2019 Flag of Estonia.svg 2019 Estonian Championships (Junior) 156.931108.431165.36
Feb 22–24, 2019 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 268.315111.982180.29
Mar 4–10, 2019 Flag of Croatia.svg 2019 World Junior Championships 2756.682756.68
Results in the 2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 11–14, 2019 Flag of Russia.svg 2019 JGP Russia 1553.728116.2310169.95
Oct 2–5, 2019 Flag of Italy.svg 2019 JGP Italy 1161.558128.319189.86
Feb 1–2, 2020 Flag of Estonia.svg 2020 Estonian Championships (Junior) 261.242128.772190.01
Results in the 2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 15–18, 2021 Flag of Russia.svg 2021 JGP Russia 669.307130.536199.83
Oct 6–9, 2021 Flag of Austria.svg 2021 JGP Austria 862.165133.636195.79
Feb 5–6, 2022 Flag of Estonia.svg 2022 Estonian Championships (Junior) 178.152144.991223.14
Apr 13–17, 2022 Flag of Estonia.svg 2022 World Junior Championships 381.269137.426218.68

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