Liubov Efimenko (born 20 June 1999) is a Finnish
figure skater
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. She is the 2014
Finnish national silver medalist and has won three senior international medals, including bronze at the
2014 Nordics and silver at the 2016
Skate Helena
Skate Helena (formerly known as the Helena Pajović Cup) is an annual figure skating competition held in December or January in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after Helena Pajović, the event became part of the European Criterium
European Criterium is ...
. She has also competed in pair skating with
Dmitry Epstein for the Netherlands.
Personal life
Liubov Efimenko was born on 20 June 1999 in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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. She moved with her family to Finland when she was nine years old. She followed her older sister into skating.
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Programs
Competitive highlights
''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
Pairs with Epstein for the Netherlands
Pairs with Penasse for Finland
Ladies' Singles for Finland
References
External links
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Finnish female single skaters
1999 births
Living people
Russian emigrants to Finland
Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg
Dutch female pair skaters
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