Svitlana Pylypenko

Svitlana Pylypenko
Personal information
Native name Світлана Василівна Пилипенко
Full name Svitlana Vasylivna Pylypenko
Alternative names Svetlana Pilipenko[1]
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1983-08-14) 14 August 1983
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Former coach Halyna Kukhar, Ada Minevich
Former choreographer Jana Stasinevich
Former training locations Kiev
Began skating 1987
Retired 2003

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

Season Short program Free skating
2002–03
[1]
2001–02
[4]
  • Four Rooms
    by Combustible Edison
2000–01
[5]
  • Fiesta
    by Kitarō

Competitive highlights

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

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Svetlana PILIPENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
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