Mihhail Selevko
Selevko at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born	(2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 (age 21) Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Estonia
Coach	Irina Kononova
Skating club	Kristalluisk FSC
Began skating	2005

Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2019 Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist, and a three-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023-24).

Personal life

Selevko was born on November 20, 2002, in Tallinn, Estonia to Ukrainian immigrants Galina and Anatoli Selevko. His mother is an accountant, and his father is a computer programmer. Selevko's older brother Aleksandr also represents Estonia internationally in figure skating.^[1] He can speak Estonian, Russian, and English fluently, and is also learning Finnish.

He is currently a student at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, where he studies game design.^[2]

Career

Early career

Selevko began figure skating in 2005, following his older brother into the sport.

He won the Estonian Novice Championships in 2015 and 2016.^[3]

2016–17 season

Beginning his season on the junior level at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy, Selevko placed ninth. He went on to make his debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing twenty-fourth at the 2016 JGP Estonia. He then competed at the 2016 Volvo Open Cup and the 2016 Tallinn Trophy, Selevko placed thirteenth and ninth, respectively.^[3]

At the 2017 Estonian Championships, Selevko placed fifth on the senior level and third on the junior level. He also won gold at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup on the advanced novice level, before closing his season with bronze medal at the 2017 Egna Spring Trophy.^[3]

2017–18 season

Selevko began his season competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eighteenth at the 2017 JGP Latvia and fifteenth at the 2017 JGP Belarus. Going on to compete at the 2017 Volvo Open Cup and the 2017 Tallinn Trophy, Selevko finished tenth and eleventh, respectively.^[3]

Selevko won the silver medal at the 2018 Estonian Junior Championships. He ended the season with a gold medal at the 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup.^[3]

2018–19 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko began his season with a twelfth-place finish at the 2018 JGP Lithuania and an eleventh-place finish at the 2018 JGP Czech Republic.^[3]

He went on to compete at the 2018 Ice Star and the 2018 Tallinn Trophy, finishing ninth and fifth, respectively. At the 2019 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the gold medal at both the senior and junior-level championships.^[3]

Assigned to compete at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Games, Selevko won the silver medal. He went on to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished in twenty-seventh place.^[3]

2019–20 season

On the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko placed tenth at the 2019 JGP Russia and ninth at the 2019 JGP Italy.^[3]

Debuting on the senior international level, Selevko placed fifth at the 2019 CS Ice Star and won the gold medal at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy.^[3]

At the 2020 Estonian Championships, Selevko won silver at both the senior and junior-level championships. He went on to win gold on the senior level at the 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup and 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup.^[3]

2020–21 season

Selevko started his season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished ninth. He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 Estonian Championships behind his brother, Aleksandr and Arlet Levandi.^[3]

2021–22 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko finished sixth at both the 2021 JGP Russia and the 2021 JGP Austria. Selevko went on to compete at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, and the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, placing seventh, fourth, and fourteenth, respectively.^[3]

At the 2022 Estonian Championships, Selevko won the bronze medal at the senior championships and the gold medal at the junior championships. Going on to compete at the 2022 International Challenge Cup, Selevko won the silver medal.^[3]

Making his World Championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, France, Selevko placed twentieth in the short program, qualifying for the free skate segment of the competition. He then placed thirteenth in the free skate and finished in fifteenth-place overall. He also competed 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Selevko placed third in the short program but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth-place overall.^[3]

2022–23 season

Selevko began his season at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing eleventh. He went on to compete at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he placed fourth. Making his debut on the Grand Prix series, he finished eleventh at 2022 Skate America and ninth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France.^[3]

Going on to compete at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Selevko won the bronze medal. At the 2023 Estonian Championships, he won his second senior national title and was ultimately selected to compete at both the European and World Championships.^[3]

Competing at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Selevko placed eleventh in the short program and eighth in the free skate, finishing in eighth place overall. His placement earned two spots for Estonian men's singles skaters at the 2024 European Championships. Selevko then went on to compete at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, where he placed eleventh.^[3]

At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Selevko placed fifteenth in the short program and seventeenth in the free skate, finishing seventeenth overall.^[3]

2023–24 season

Beginning the season with two Challenger assignments in consecutive weeks, Selevko was fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy and fourth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy.^[3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2023–2024 ^[4]	Break My Baby by Kaleo choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	Light of the Seven Dragonstone Blood of My Blood (from Game of Thrones) Ramin Djawadi choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2022–2023 ^[5]	Break My Baby by Kaleo choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	What Could Have Been (orchestral version) by Samuel Kim What Could Have Been by Sting, Ray Chen choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2021–2022 ^[6]	Nothing Else Matters by Metallica choreo. by Denis Lunin	House of Flying Daggers by Shigeru Umebayashi choreo. by Denis Lunin
2020–2021 ^[7]
2019–2020 ^[8]		The Last of the Mohicans by Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman choreo. by Mikhail Pochitalin
2018–2019 ^[9]	Perfect by Ed Sheeran choreo. by Valentin Molotov
2017–2018 ^[10]	Ghost Town by Adam Lambert choreo. by Valentin Molotov	Hugo by Howard Shore choreo. by Valentin Molotov
2016–2017 ^[11]	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time by Harry Gregson-Williams choreo. by Mikhail Pochitalin	Hugo by Howard Shore choreo. by Valentin Molotov

Competitive highlights

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

Competition placements at senior level ^[3]
Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
World Championships			15th	17th
European Championships				8th	30th
GP France				9th
GP NHK Trophy					12th
GP Skate America				11th
GP Skate Canada					11th
CS Budapest Trophy					4th
CS Denis Ten Memorial			7th
CS Finlandia Trophy				4th	5th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb			14th	3rd
CS Ice Challenge			4th
CS Ice Star	5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		9th		11th
Challenge Cup			2nd	11th
Lõunakeskus Trophy					WD
Mentor Toruń Cup	4th
Tallink Hotels Cup	6th
Tallinn Trophy	1st
Estonian Championships	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st

JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
N – Novice level
S - Senior level

Competition placements at junior level ^[3]^[12]
Season	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2021–22
World Junior Championships						27th		6th
JGP Austria								6th
JGP Belarus					15th
JGP Czech Republic						11th
JGP Estonia				24th
JGP Italy							9th
JGP Latvia					18th
JGP Lithuania						12th
JGP Russia							10th	6th
Egna Spring Trophy				3rd
European Youth Olympic Festival						2nd
Ice Star		3rd N	3rd N			9th
Jégvirág Cup				1st N
Lombardia Trophy				9th
Tallink Hotels Cup		1st N			1st
Tallinn Trophy	1st N	2nd N	4th N	11th	11th	5th
Volvo Open Cup	1st N		3rd N	13th	10th
Estonian Championships				5th S		1st S
Estonian Junior Championships	1st N	1st N	1st N	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system
Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	234.72	2022 World Championships
Short program	TSS	82.61	2021 CS Cup of Austria
	TES	45.86	2021 CS Cup of Austria
	PCS	38.43	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skating	TSS	155.87	2022 World Championships
	TES	80.73	2022 World Championships
	PCS	77.16	2022 World Junior Championships

ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system
Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	136.54	2017 JGP Latvia
Short program	TSS	51.73	2017 JGP Belarus
	TES	28.30	2017 JGP Belarus
	PCS	23.43	2017 JGP Belarus
Free skating	TSS	87.26	2017 JGP Latvia
	TES	41.70	2017 JGP Latvia
	PCS	46.56	2017 JGP Latvia

Senior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 9–11, 2016	2017 Estonian Championships	5	44.65	4	82.29	5	126.94

Results in the 2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 14–16, 2018	2019 Estonian Championships	1	66.92	2	125.74	1	192.66

Results in the 2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 18–20, 2019	2019 CS Ice Star	10	58.69	4	138.93	5	197.62
Nov 11–17, 2019	2019 Tallinn Trophy	1	73.86	2	135.96	1	209.82
Dec 13–15, 2019	2020 Estonian Championships	3	61.28	2	132.75	2	194.03
Jan 7–12, 2020	2020 Mentor Toruń Cup	5	61.77	4	126.02	4	187.79
Feb 13–16, 2020	2020 Tallink Hotels Cup	4	76.44	10	121.15	6	197.59

Results in the 2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 22–25, 2020	2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	7	71.59	10	121.42	9	193.01
Jan 30–31, 2021	2021 Estonian Championships	1	79.55	3	107.70	3	187.25

Results in the 2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 28–31, 2021	2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	3	78.80	10	121.28	7	200.08
Nov 11–14, 2021	2021 CS Cup of Austria	2	82.61	7	138.50	4	221.11
Dec 4–5, 2021	2022 Estonian Championships	3	69.68	3	113.49	3	183.17
Dec 7–11, 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	12	70.84	14	138.24	14	209.08
Feb 24–27, 2022	2022 International Challenge Cup	3	79.86	2	161.66	2	241.52
Mar 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	20	78.85	13	155.87	15	234.72

Results in the 2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	9	67.28	11	115.81	11	183.09
Oct 4–9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	3	79.79	6	140.54	4	220.33
Oct 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	7	75.75	12	116.05	11	191.80
Nov 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France	5	79.40	11	133.52	9	212.92
Dec 7–10, 2022	2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	2	77.32	4	140.19	3	217.51
Dec 17–18, 2022	2023 Estonian Championships	2	77.34	1	154.09	1	231.43
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	11	73.74	8	144.56	8	218.30
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	6	74.38	12	121.15	11	195.53
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	15	76.81	17	154.13	17	230.94

Results in the 2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 6–8, 2023	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy	5	78.54	5	145.41	5	223.95
Oct 13–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	2	82.11	9	137.07	4	219.18
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	12	70.18	9	140.60	11	210.78
Nov 24–26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	6	81.31	12	126.27	12	207.58
Dec 16–17, 2023	2023 Estonian Championships	1	80.34	2	156.77	1	237.11
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	30	60.09	–	–	30	60.09

Junior results

Results in the 2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–11, 2016	2016 Lombardia Trophy	9	35.51	9	65.02	9	100.53
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	18	48.02	25	80.56	24	128.58
Nov 9–13, 2016	2016 Volvo Open Cup	13	33.55	13	57.53	13	91.08
Nov 22–27, 2016	2016 Tallinn Trophy	11	34.67	–	–	11	34.67
Jan 6–8, 2017	2017 Estonian Junior Championships	3	49.83	3	105.35	3	155.18
Apr 6–9, 2017	2017 Egna Spring Trophy	3	47.26	4	78.13	3	125.39

Results in the 2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 6–9, 2017	2017 JGP Latvia	16	49.28	18	87.26	18	136.54
Sep 20–23, 2017	2017 JGP Belarus	13	51.73	17	83.58	15	135.31
Nov 8–12, 2017	2017 Volvo Open Cup	10	42.77	10	79.62	10	122.39
Nov 21–26, 2017	2017 Tallinn Trophy	7	54.17	11	91.74	11	145.91
Feb 2–4, 2018	2018 Estonian Junior Championships	2	53.21	1	105.88	2	159.09

Results in the 2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 5–8, 2018	2018 JGP Lithuania	11	54.32	13	94.09	12	148.41
Sep 26–29, 2018	2018 JGP Czech Republic	10	55.65	13	90.04	11	145.69
Oct 18–21, 2018	2018 Ice Star	10	46.50	7	97.53	9	144.03
Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2018	2018 Tallinn Trophy	5	55.51	4	109.36	5	164.87
Jan 5–6, 2019	2019 Estonian Junior Championships	1	56.93	1	108.43	1	165.36
Feb 22–24, 2019	2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival	2	68.31	5	111.98	2	180.29
Mar 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	27	56.68	–	–	27	56.68

Results in the 2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 11–14, 2019	2019 JGP Russia	15	53.72	8	116.23	10	169.95
Oct 2–5, 2019	2019 JGP Italy	11	61.55	8	128.31	9	189.86
Feb 1–2, 2020	2020 Estonian Junior Championships	2	61.24	2	128.77	2	190.01

Results in the 2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 15–18, 2021	2021 JGP Russia	6	69.30	7	130.53	6	199.83
Oct 6–9, 2021	2021 JGP Austria	8	62.16	5	133.63	6	195.79
Feb 5–6, 2022	2022 Estonian Junior Championships	1	78.15	2	144.99	1	223.14
Apr 13–17, 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	3	81.26	9	137.42	6	218.68