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 (1992-09-17) (age 27) 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