Elena Yakovishina

Elena Yakovishina
Yakovishina in 2015
Personal information
Born17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) (age 32)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportAlpine skiing
Medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
XIX Winter Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Province of Sondrio 2019 Downhill
Gold medal – first place Province of Sondrio 2019 Super-G
Gold medal – first place Province of Sondrio 2019 Slalom
Gold medal – first place Province of Sondrio 2019 Alpine combined
Silver medal – second place Province of Sondrio 2019 Giant slalom
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Almaty Super-G
2nd World deaf alpine skiing championship 2017
Gold medal – first place 2017 Innerkrems Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2017 Innerkrems Super-G
Gold medal – first place 2017 Innerkrems Combination
Silver medal – second place 2017 Innerkrems Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Innerkrems Slalom

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.

Biography

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.

Career in healthy sport

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.

Career in deaf sport

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.

Equipments

She is using skis and boots from Atomic and ski poles from Leki.

References

  1. ^ a b "FIS Biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  3. ^ "Alpine skiing at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics", Wikipedia, January 6, 2020, archived from the original on April 13, 2023, retrieved April 20, 2021
  4. ^ "Valtellina - Valchiavenna 2019". deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2021.


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