Yakau Zenko (; born 21 July 2000) is a Belarusian retired

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. He competed in the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Career

Zenko began learning to skate in 2004. Early in his career, he trained under Julia Soldatova at Moskvich in Moscow. By the 2015–2016 season, he had joined

Eteri Tutberidze Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze (Georgian language, Georgian: ეთერი გიორგის ასული თუთბერიძე; ; born 24 February 1974) is a Georgian-Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with female single s ...

and

Sergei Dudakov Sergei Viktorovich Dudakov (; born 13 January 1970) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1989 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a two-time (1989–90) Piruetten champion. He finishe ...

at Sambo 70 (Moscow). Making his

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

(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

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, 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

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, Taiwan. He was coached by Tutberidze and Dudakov. In the 2017–2018 season, Zenko is coached by Igor Rolinski in Moscow and Minsk.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zenko, Yakau 2000 births Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Belarusian male single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Minsk 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen