16 Facts About Polina Shelepen

Polina Sergeyevna Shelepen is a retired Russian figure skater.

Polina Shelepen is a two-time JGP Final silver medalist and a two-time Russian national junior silver medalist.

Polina Shelepen was born 28 July 1995 in Moscow, Russia.

Polina Shelepen learned her first triple, a Salchow, at eleven years old and would later attempt a quadruple Salchow in practice.

Polina Shelepen then competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and finished 4th.

Polina Shelepen won gold at the JGP in France, bronze in the Czech Republic, and finished 5th at the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final.

At the 2011 Russian Championships, Polina Shelepen finished 7th on the senior level and won silver on the junior level.

Polina Shelepen finished 7th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

Originally the first alternate for the 2012 World Junior Championships, Polina Shelepen was named to replace Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who withdrew from the competition.

At the event, Polina Shelepen ranked 12th in the short program and 4th in the free skate, finishing 6th overall.

In July 2012, Polina Shelepen parted ways from her long-time coach Eteri Tutberidze and began training at the CSKA Moscow ice rink with Svetlana Sokolovskaya.

Polina Shelepen finished 5th at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy and 10th at her first senior Grand Prix assignment, the 2012 Skate Canada.

In November, Polina Shelepen withdrew from the 2012 NHK Trophy due to worsening of a long-standing ankle injury.

Polina Shelepen resumed training in December and competed at the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing 5th.

On March 23,2013, Sokolovskaya confirmed that Polina Shelepen had received her Israeli passport and wished to compete for Israel.

On September 16,2014, Polina Shelepen announced that she had decided to retire from competitive figure skating and had moved back to Moscow after living in Israel for a year to acquire Israeli citizenship.