Svitlana Pylypenko

Svitlana Pylypenko
Full nameSvitlana Vasylivna Pylypenko
Native nameСвітлана Василівна Пилипенко
Other namesSvetlana Pilipenko[1]
Born (1983-08-14) 14 August 1983 (age 41)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUkraine
Began skating1987
Retired2003

Svitlana Vasylivna Pylypenko (Ukrainian: Світлана Василівна Пилипенко; sometimes written Svetlana Pilipenko from Russian: Светлана Пилипенко; born 14 August 1983) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and competed at three World Junior Championships, achieving her best result, 16th, in 2001. She placed 20th at the 2002 European Championships. After retiring from competition, Pylypenko toured with the Imperial Ice Stars[2] and joined the coaching staff of a skating club in Sochi, Russia.[3]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2002–03
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2001–02
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  • Four Rooms
    by Combustible Edison
2000–01
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  • Fiesta
    by Kitarō
1999–2000

Competitive highlights

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JGP: Junior Series / Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03
Europeans 20th
Junior Worlds 18th 16th 22nd
JGP Bulgaria 12th
JGP Croatia 3rd
JGP Czech Rep. WD
JGP Hungary 9th
JGP Norway 8th
JGP Poland 4th 2nd
JGP Slovakia 9th
JGP Ukraine 8th 2nd
EYOF 6th
National[6]
Ukrainian Champ. 5th J 4th 1st J 2nd 3rd 3rd
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ a b "Svetlana PILIPENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010.
  2. ^ Stones, Lesley (15 December 2013). "Sleeping Beauty on Ice: ballet meets Cirque du Soleil". Daily Maverick.
  3. ^ "Светлана Васильевна Пилипенко" [Svitlana Vasylivna Pylypenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. ^ "Svetlana PILIPENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 August 2002.
  5. ^ "Svetlana PILIPENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2001.
  6. ^ a b "Svetlana PILIPENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
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