Mihhail Selevko

Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is a three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist and a four-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023–25).

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. He can speak Estonian, Russian, and English fluently, and is also learning Finnish.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2019–20 season

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Going on to compete on the 2023–24 Grand Prix circuit, Selevko finished eleventh at 2023 Skate Canada International and twelfth at the 2023 NHK Trophy. In December, Selevko won his third national title at the 2024 Estonian Championships.

Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Selevko would finish a disappointing thirtieth in the short program after falling twice, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition. His brother, Aleksandr, would win silver at the event, becoming the first Estonian skater to ever medal at a European Championships in any discipline.

2024–25 season

Selevko began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, winning bronze at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and finishing ninth at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy. He followed these results up by winning gold at the 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb. One week following that event, Selevko won his fourth national title at the 2025 Estonian Championships.

Ahead of the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Selevko was ill and experienced pain in his leg that bothered him when walking. He placed nineteenth in the short program after falling on a quadruple toe loop jump. He struggled in the free skate as well, falling again on an attempted quad jump and popping several jumps into doubles and finishing in nineteenth place overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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2002 births
Living people
Estonian male single skaters
Figure skaters from Tallinn
Estonian people of Ukrainian descent
21st-century Estonian sportsmen