Biography
The breakthrough of the figure of Evgenia Semenhenko from Junior age in adult competitions was explosive. Having won in February 2021 with two fourth jumps a sensational victory in the World Cup, the athlete was able to go through the most complicated sieve of the selection and get a chance to shine on the world championship in Stockholm.Childhood and youth
Evgeny Stanislavovich Semenhenko was born on July 26, 2003 in St. Petersburg.
Parents of the future athlete from sports were far away, but in 5 years they decided to give the Son to the section. First, the choice fell on the athletic, located in Pushkin, where the Semenhenko family lived. But they refused there, and harshly, noticing that no athlete from the boy would not work.
So figure skating has been chosen by the residual principle, but the child's child immediately loved. At first, Eugene was engaged in the jubilee rink, at the School of Olympic Reserve St. Petersburg with the coach of Svetlana French.
In 2019, the athlete graduated from secondary school No. 606 Pushkinsky district with in-depth study of English. In the student's certificate - only excellent ratings.
Figure skating
Debuted Semenenko at urban competitions in 2012, taking 8th place at the Northern Capital championship in the younger age category. In 2013, the young athlete got bronze, and the next year he rose to the upper step of the pedestal, leaving behind such famous skaters as Arthur Danielyan and Artem Kovalev. In the same season, the athlete won on the youngest championship of Russia.At that time, the schoolboy could easily fulfive the trigue cascades and targeted on a quadruple, because the family decided to continue his career at a more serious level. Eugene moved to Alexei's school and Tatiana Mishina "Star Ice", where he immediately began to bet on Axel at 3.5 turns.
In the 2014/2015 season, the skater won the 5th stage of the Russian Cup, the Russian championship at the old major, became a silver medalist at the Olympics. Next year, a collection of awards athlete replenished with gold medals of two stages of the Russian Cup, the Russian Championship at the older age, the city championship, as well as Bavarian Open in Germany and Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria.
The more stable the Axel of the figure was becoming, the more rewards came to the piggy bank. At the 2017 Cup final, Semenenko gave way to Makar Ignatov, becoming the winner of the Cup stage, St. Petersburg championship, NRW Trophy in Germany.
But the seasons 2017-2019 were lubricated due to a series of complex adolescent injuries: at first, Eugene received a crack of a small beritic bone, then stretched her thigh. At the same time, the athlete nevertheless made his debut in the Series of the Junior Grand Prix, performing at the stage in Salzburg.
Restoring a sports form, Semenenko began to jump Salkhov and Tulup, took the stages of the Russian Cup stages, won in the Junior final of the victory over Artem Kovalev, and received awards for competitions in Estonia, granting the season with silver at the Olympics, where Eugene walked around Junior's champion Andrei Mozalev.
Personal life
About the personal life of the young athlete does not tell. In instagram account, which Evgeny leads from 11 years old, many children's photos, but in 2020 the skater laid out new publications only 6 times. Athlete's mother-endocrinologist Valentina Goncaruk-Semenhenko on his page in VKontakte on his page is actively written about the achievements of the Son.
Evgeny Semenhenko now
For the 2020/2021 season, Eugene prepared a short program on the soundtrack of the "Gangster Petersburg" series, under which in 2003 he spoken by Evgeny Plushenko, also trained in Mishin. At the same time, an arbitrary program Semenenko is counted on the music from the musical "Notre Dame de Paris": the tracks "Tramps", "King of Szitov" and "Sloves".In the first starts, the athlete immediately began to receive medals: bronze at Ice Star competitions in Belarus, gold at the 4th stage of the Russian Cup. On the first tournament of the Grand Prix series - Moscow 2020 (Rostelecom Cup) - Semenhenko became sixth, then won the Ball of Championship in St. Petersburg 281.67. The next figure was waiting for a debut on an adult championship of Russia, where Eugene Finish 11th. In February 2021, the athlete took over in the youth championship of Russia, held in Krasnoyarsk.
And here, unexpectedly for many, Semenhenko had a breakthrough on an adult Finale of the Russian Cup in Moscow. At the tournament, which was also selected to the Russian national team, three major applicants were synchronously in a short program: the current European champion Dmitry Aliyev (as a result, became a bronze medalist), Maka Ignatov and Mark Kondratyuk. Against this background, Semenhenko, for the first time in his biography, performed two quadruple jumps, was able to seize the leadership and keep it in an arbitrary program.
In 2021, the quota of Russian athletes at the World Championships was only two places. In order to expand it to three, the skaters had to take places, total not exceeding 13 (for example, 5 and 8). Therefore, it was important to direct in Stockholm, one of which was the champion of Russia Mikhail Kolyada, and the question of whether yesterday's junior should become second, caused a lot of disputes. Eugene himself treated the problem with philosophically, noting in an interview that, if a challenge is received, continue to train hard.
Nevertheless, sports justice triumphantly, and, by decision of the coaching staff, in the composition of the national team of Russia at the end of March 2021, Evgeny Semenhenko went to Sweden at the end of March 2021. As a result of the competition, he took the 8th place and went on the team World Cup in Osaka, where in the composition of the Russian team took 1st place.
Achievements
- 2017 - Silver Prizence of Spartakiad Pupils of Russia
- 2019 - Bronze medalist of St. Petersburg Championship
- 2020 - Silver Cup winner Tallink Hotels
- 2020 - Bronze medalist of the tournament Ice Star
- 2020 - Winner of St. Petersburg Championship
- 2021 - Winner of the Junior Championship of Russia
- 2021 - Winner of the Russian Cup