Yakau Zenko

Yakau Zenko
Zenko at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Full nameYakau Alyaksandravich Zyanko
Native nameЯкаў Аляксандравіч Зянько (Belarusian)
Born (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 24)
Minsk, Belarus
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryBelarus
CoachIgor Rolinski
Skating clubClub Minsk
Began skating2004
RetiredJune 22, 2020[1]

Yakau Zenko (Belarusian: Якаў Аляксандравіч Зянько; born 21 July 2000) is a Belarusian retired figure skater. He competed in the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Career

Zenko began learning to skate in 2004.[2] Early in his career, he trained under Julia Soldatova at Moskvich in Moscow.[3]

By the 2015–2016 season, he had joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov at Sambo 70 (Moscow).[4] Making his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, he placed 16th in Austria and 8th in Poland, both held in September 2015. A few months later, he became the Belarusian national senior bronze medalist and junior champion. In March 2016, he qualified to the final segment at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary; he ranked 22nd in the short program, 15th in the free skate, and 17th overall.

Zenko was eliminated after the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. He was coached by Tutberidze and Dudakov.[5]

In the 2017–2018 season, Zenko is coached by Igor Rolinski in Moscow and Minsk.[2]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[2]
2016–2017
[5]
  • Gopher Mambo
    by Ima Sumac
  • Mambo No. 5
    by Lou Bega
  • Still Loving You
    by the Scorpions
  • Whole Lotta Love
    by Led Zeppelin
2015–2016
[4]
  • Gopher Mambo
    by Ima Sumac
  • Mambo No. 5
    by Lou Bega

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Europeans 35th 30th
CS Finlandia 15th
CS Ice Star 14th 10th
CS Nebelhorn 23rd
CS Tallinn Trophy WD
CS Warsaw Cup 14th
Tallink Hotels Cup 4th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 17th 33rd 29th 30th
JGP Austria 16th
JGP France WD 13th
JGP Poland 8th
EYOF 5th
Ice Star 2nd 4th
Volvo Open 3rd
National[6]
Belarus 3rd 1st 1st 4th
Belarus: Junior 2nd 1st
J = Junior level
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ^ Pastushenko, Tatyana (June 22, 2020). "Белорусские фигуристы ждут начала сезона, а мечтают об Олимпиаде" [Belarusian skaters are waiting for the start of the season, and dream of the Olympics] (in Russian). Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya. Yakau Zenko completed his career, but we have promising young athletes – Kolya Kozlov and other boys, so in general everything is not bad.
  2. ^ a b c "Yakau ZENKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Яков Зенько" [Yakau Zenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. ^ a b "Yakau ZENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b "Yakau ZENKO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Yakau ZENKO". International Skating Union.