Aliona Savchenko (Ukrainian: Олена Савченко, also Romanized Aljona Sawtschenko; born 19 January 1984 in Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union) is a German-Ukrainian pair skater.
With partner Robin Szolkowy, she is the 2008 & 2009 World Champion, the 2007 World Bronze Medalist, a three-time (2007-2009) European Champion, the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion, and a six-time (2004-2009) German National Champion.
With former partner Stanislav Morozov, she is...
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Aliona Savchenko (Ukrainian: Олена Савченко, also Romanized Aljona Sawtschenko; born 19 January 1984 in Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union) is a German-Ukrainian pair skater.
With partner Robin Szolkowy, she is the 2008 & 2009 World Champion, the 2007 World Bronze Medalist, a three-time (2007-2009) European Champion, the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion, and a six-time (2004-2009) German National Champion.
With former partner Stanislav Morozov, she is the 2000 World Junior Champion and the 2000 & 2001 Ukrainian Champion. They represented Ukraine at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th.
They scored the first 10.0 ever given by a judge under the Code of Points.
As of November 2009, Savchenko & Szolkowy are ranked first in the world.
Aliona Savchenko began skating at age 3. Her father practiced with her on a lake. He wanted to take her to a figure skating school in Kiev when she was four, but was told that she was too young. She was admitted a year later.
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