1. Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich is a retired Russian figure skater.
23 Facts About Serafima Sakhanovich
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Serafima "Sima" Andreyevna Sakhanovich was born 9 February 2000 in Saint Petersburg.
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Serafima Sakhanovich finished sixth on the senior level at the Russian Championships and went on to win the junior national title ahead of Sotskova.
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Serafima Sakhanovich placed second in both segments at the 2014 World Junior Championships and was awarded the silver medal.
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Serafima Sakhanovich experienced pain in her right foot during the event but her condition improved after a month's rest.
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Unable to find a sponsor in Saint Petersburg, Serafima Sakhanovich decided to relocate to Moscow, where she joined Eteri Tutberidze.
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Serafima Sakhanovich won the gold medal ahead of Japan's Yuka Nagai.
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Serafima Sakhanovich made the team for the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where she won the silver medal behind Evgenia Medvedeva after placing second in the short and third in the free.
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On 9 April 2015, R-Sport news agency reported that Serafima Sakhanovich had rejoined her former coach in Saint Petersburg, Alina Pisarenko, and that she hoped to master the quad Salchow in the following season.
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Serafima Sakhanovich said that she had changed coaches because her family was unable to live in two different cities at once.
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Serafima Sakhanovich started her season by placing 7th at the 2015 JGP in Spain.
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Serafima Sakhanovich then made a coaching change, moving from Alina Pisarenko to Evgeni Rukavicin, and withdrew from the JGP in Croatia in order to adjust to her new training situation and to change her free program.
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Serafima Sakhanovich started her season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events.
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Serafima Sakhanovich then competed at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy where she won the silver medal behind her teammate Stanislava Konstantinova.
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Serafima Sakhanovich was coached by Evgeni Rukavicin in Saint Petersburg.
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In late September 2017, Serafima Sakhanovich changed coaches, deciding to join Evgeni Plushenko at his skating school in Moscow.
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Serafima Sakhanovich started her season by winning two ISU Challenger Series medals.
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Serafima Sakhanovich then skated at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup where she won the gold medal.
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Serafima Sakhanovich placed fifth at her Grand Prix assignment, 2017 Skate America, and ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.
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In mid-November, Serafima Sakhanovich skated at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy, winning the silver medal behind her teammate Anna Tarusina.
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Serafima Sakhanovich did not compete at the 2019 Russian Championships, but later placed fifth at the Bavarian Open.
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Serafima Sakhanovich began the season at the inaugural Denis Ten Memorial Challenge in Almaty, winning the event.
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Serafima Sakhanovich received her first Grand Prix assignment in two years, the 2019 Skate Canada International, where she placed eighth.