Elena Yakovishina (born September 17, 1992 in

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultu ...

, Russia) is an

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

from Russia. She competed for

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in the alpine skiing events.

Biography

She was born on September 17, 1992 in the city of

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. She was born hearing-impaired, her disability certificate was issued in 2016. For the first time she stood on mountain skis when she was three years old, her parents haven't had peace of mind ever since. When she was 5 years old, she was admitted to Edelveis Ski School in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to be trained by honored Russian coach A. Katalagin. Now Elena is training alone in Europe with some helps from boyfriend

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. She doesn't have sponsors for have a coach or join some commertial team. Education. Higher (baccalaureate). In 2016 she graduated with honors from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE), with a qualification of an Alpine Skiing coach-teacher.

Career in healthy sport

First World Cup start - January 29, 2012 St. Moritz (SUI). On Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi she was 14th place in Combination, 28th in Downhill and 24th in Super-G. On winter Universiade 2017 Alma-Ati she got 1st place in super-g.

Career in deaf sport

So, from 2016 Elena is racing in deaf sport. Many times she won Russian deaf national championship. She raced in Deaflympic games 2019 and did greatest results for Russian deaf alpine ski sport. 4 gold and 1 silver medal in Santa Caterina (Italy) She did also second World deaf alpine skiing championship 2017 where she won three gold and two silver medals.

Equipments

She is using skis and boots from Atomic and ski poles from Leki.

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Elena Yakovishina
at Deaflympics 1992 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for Russia Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Russian female alpine skiers Deaf skiers Universiade medalists in alpine skiing People from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russian deaf people FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Deaflympic alpine skiers for Russia Deaflympic gold medalists for Russia Deaflympic silver medalists for Russia Alpine skiers at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics Medalists at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics {{Russia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub