| Yakau Zenko | |
|---|---|
 Zenko at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
| Full name | Yakau Alyaksandravich Zyanko |
| Native name | Якаў Аляксандравіч Зянько (Belarusian) |
| Born | (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 24) Minsk, Belarus |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Coach | Igor Rolinski |
| Skating club | Club Minsk |
| Began skating | 2004 |
| Retired | June 22, 2020 |
Yakau Zenko (Belarusian: Якаў Аляксандравіч Зянько; born 21 July 2000) is a Belarusian retired figure skater. He competed in the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
Career
Zenko began learning to skate in 2004. Early in his career, he trained under Julia Soldatova at Moskvich in Moscow.
By the 2015–2016 season, he had joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov at Sambo 70 (Moscow). Making his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, he placed 16th in Austria and 8th in Poland, both held in September 2015. A few months later, he became the Belarusian national senior bronze medalist and junior champion. In March 2016, he qualified to the final segment at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary; he ranked 22nd in the short program, 15th in the free skate, and 17th overall.
Zenko was eliminated after the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. He was coached by Tutberidze and Dudakov.
In the 2017–2018 season, Zenko is coached by Igor Rolinski in Moscow and Minsk.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 |
|
|
| 2016–2017 |
|
|
| 2015–2016 |
|
|
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Europeans | 35th | 30th | ||||
| CS Finlandia | 15th | |||||
| CS Ice Star | 14th | 10th | ||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 23rd | |||||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | WD | |||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 14th | |||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 4th | |||||
| International: Junior | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 17th | 33rd | 29th | 30th | ||
| JGP Austria | 16th | |||||
| JGP France | WD | 13th | ||||
| JGP Poland | 8th | |||||
| EYOF | 5th | |||||
| Ice Star | 2nd | 4th | ||||
| Volvo Open | 3rd | |||||
| National | ||||||
| Belarus | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | ||
| Belarus: Junior | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||||
References
- Pastushenko, Tatyana (June 22, 2020). "Белорусские фигуристы ждут начала сезона, а мечтают об Олимпиаде" [Belarusian skaters are waiting for the start of the season, and dream of the Olympics] (in Russian). Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya.
Yakau Zenko completed his career, but we have promising young athletes – Kolya Kozlov and other boys, so in general everything is not bad.
- ^ "Yakau ZENKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017.
- "Яков Зенько" [Yakau Zenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ^ "Yakau ZENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Yakau ZENKO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Competition Results: Yakau ZENKO". International Skating Union.