Elena Yakovishina

Elena Yakovishina (born September 17, 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.

Elena Yakovishina

Yakovishina in 2015
Personal information
Born	September 17, 1992 (age 28) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Alpine skiing
Medal record Women's Alpine skiing Representing  Russia Province of Sondrio 2019 Downhill Province of Sondrio 2019 Super-G Province of Sondrio 2019 Slalom Province of Sondrio 2019 Alpine combined Province of Sondrio 2019 Giant slalom Winter Universiade 2017 Almaty Super-G 2nd World deaf alpine skiing championship 2017 2017 Innerkrems Downhill 2017 Innerkrems Super-G 2017 Innerkrems Combination 2017 Innerkrems Giant slalom 2017 Innerkrems Slalom

Biography

She was born on September 17, 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 3 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 has an individual program and she is training with S-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

First World Cup start - 29.01.2012 St. Moritz (SUI).

On Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi she was 14th place in Combination, 28th in Downhill and 24th in Super-G.

References

1. FIS Biography
2. Sochi 2014 profile