Mihhail Selevko
Estonian figure skater (born 2002)
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Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (2 gold, 2 bronze) and a four-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023–25).
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| Born | 20 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Svetlana Varnavskaja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kristalluisk Figure Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the junior level, he is the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival silver medalist and a two-time Estonian junior national champion (2019, 2022).
Personal life
Selevko was born on November 20, 2002, in Tallinn, Estonia. His mother Galina is an accountant and his father Anatoli 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 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: Junior international debut
Beginning his season on the junior level at the 2016 Lombardia Trophy, Selevko finished in ninth place. 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, where he finished 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 the gold medal at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup on the advanced novice level, before closing his season with a bronze medal win 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: Estonian senior and junior national title
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, where he finished in ninth place and fifth place, 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 then went on to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished in twenty-seventh place.[3]
2019–20 season: Senior international debut
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 finished in fifth place at the 2019 Ice Star and won the gold medal at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy.[3]
At the 2020 Estonian Championships, Selevko won silver medals at both the senior and junior-level championships. He went on to win gold medals on the senior level at the 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup and 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup.[3]
2020–21 season
Selevko began his season at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished in ninth place. He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 Estonian Championships.[3]
2021–22 season: World Championships debut
Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko finished in sixth place at both the 2021 JGP Russia and the 2021 JGP Austria. Selevko went on to compete at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, the 2021 Cup of Austria, and the 2021 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, Selevko finished 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 at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. Selevko placed third in the short program, but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth place overall.[3]
2022–23 season: Grand Prix and European Championships debut
Selevko began his season at the 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he finished in eleventh place. He went on to compete at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy, finishing in fourth place. 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]
Selevko won the bronze medal at the 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb. 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, 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 finished in eleventh place.[3]
At the 2023 World Championships, 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 Series assignments in consecutive weeks, Selevko finished in fifth place at the 2023 Finlandia Trophy and fourth place at the 2023 Budapest Trophy.[3]
Going on to compete on the 2023–24 Grand Prix circuit, Selevko finished eleventh at 2023 Skate Canada International and twelfth at the 2023 NHK Trophy. In December, Selevko won his third national title at the 2024 Estonian Championships.[3]
Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Selevko would finish a disappointing thirtieth in the short program after falling twice, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition. His brother, Aleksandr, would win silver at the event, becoming the first Estonian skater to ever medal at a European Championships in any discipline.[4][5]
2024–25 season
Selevko began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, winning bronze at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and finishing ninth at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy. He followed these results up by winning gold at the 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb. One week following that event, Selevko won his fourth national title at the 2025 Estonian Championships.[5]
In February, Selevko placed seventh overall at 2025 Europeans.[6] “It was a really good experience,” said Selevko. "I feel very happy. I feel really happy that I landed the quad loop. I tried it a couple of times in competition, not so successful. I landed it in nationals, but oh well. Overall, I’m very happy that I managed more or less well with this program."[6]
Ahead of the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Selevko was ill and experienced pain in his leg that bothered him when walking. He placed nineteenth in the short program after falling on a quadruple toe loop jump.[7] He struggled in the free skate as well, falling again on an attempted quad jump and popping several jumps into doubles and finishing in nineteenth place overall.[8]
2025–26 season
Selevko opened his season by finishing fourth at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. He went on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, placing eighth at the 2025 Grand Prix de France and at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.[9]
In December, he finished twelfth at the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and won the silver medal at the 2026 Estonian Championships behind his brother, Aleksandr.[10] The following month, he competed at the 2026 European Championships, where he placed third in the short program but eleventh in the free skate, dropping to sixth place overall just behind Aleksandr. "It was definitely a fight through the program,” said the 23-year-old of his free skate. "I was trying to take it one jump at a time, but yeah, I’m a bit disappointed."[11][9]
In April, it was announced that Selevko had made a coaching change, leaving longtime coach, Irina Kononova, to begin training under Svetlana Varnavskaja.[12]
Programs
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Competitive highlights
- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
| Season | 2016–17 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| World Championships | 15th | 17th | 19th | ||||||
| European Championships | 8th | 30th | 7th | 6th | |||||
| Estonian Championships | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
| GP France | 9th | 8th | |||||||
| GP Finland | 8th | ||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 12th | ||||||||
| GP Skate America | 11th | ||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 11th | ||||||||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 4th | ||||||||
| CS Cup of Austria | 4th | ||||||||
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | 7th | ||||||||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 4th | 5th | |||||||
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 14th | 3rd | 1st | 12th | |||||
| CS Ice Star | 5th | ||||||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 11th | |||||||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 4th | ||||||||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 1st | 9th | |||||||
| CS Trophée Métropole Nice | 3rd | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | 11th | |||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 4th | ||||||||
| Sonja Henje Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 6th |
| Season | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2021–22 |
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| World Junior Championships | 27th | 6th | |||
| Estonian Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
| 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 | 9th | ||||
| Lombardia Trophy | 9th | ||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 1st | ||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 11th | 11th | 5th | ||
| Volvo Open Cup | 13th | 10th |
Detailed results
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 245.06 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Short program | TSS | 88.28 | 2026 European Championships |
| TES | 47.73 | 2026 European Championships | |
| PCS | 40.58 | 2025 CS Nepela Memorial | |
| Free skating | TSS | 158.86 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| TES | 80.73 | 2022 World Championships | |
| PCS | 80.53 | 2025 European Championships |
Senior level
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec 9–11, 2016 | 2017 Estonian Championships |
5 | 44.65 | 4 | 82.29 | 5 | 126.94 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| Dec 14–16, 2018 | 2019 Estonian Championships |
1 | 66.92 | 2 | 125.74 | 1 | 192.66 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 | N/a | N/a | 30 | 60.09 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Oct 16–20, 2024 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
5 | 78.93 | 2 | 154.02 | 3 | 232.95 |
| Nov 11-17, 2024 | 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy |
1 | 76.78 | 11 | 125.96 | 9 | 202.74 |
| Dec 4–7, 2024 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
1 | 86.20 | 1 | 158.86 | 1 | 245.06 |
| Dec 14–15, 2024 | 2025 Estonian Championships |
1 | 93.09 | 1 | 167.83 | 1 | 260.92 |
| Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 | 2025 European Championships |
6 | 84.85 | 7 | 154.15 | 7 | 239.00 |
| Mar 6–9, 2025 |  2025 Sonja Henje Trophy |
3 | 76.65 | 3 | 150.64 | 3 | 227.29 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 25–27, 2025 |  2025 CS Nepela Memorial |
6 | 77.75 | 4 | 151.45 | 4 | 229.20 |
| Oct 17–19, 2025 | 2025 Grand Prix de France |
6 | 80.17 | 7 | 152.00 | 8 | 232.17 |
| Nov 21–23, 2025 | 2025 Finlandia Trophy |
5 | 84.18 | 10 | 134.07 | 8 | 218.25 |
| Dec 3–6, 2025 | 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
7 | 76.45 | 16 | 122.80 | 12 | 199.25 |
| Dec 13–14, 2025 | 2026 Estonian Championships |
2 | 86.93 | 2 | 157.99 | 2 | 247.62 |
| Jan 13–18, 2026 |  2026 European Championships |
3 | 88.28 | 11 | 142.02 | 6 | 230.30 |
Junior level
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 Championships (Junior) |
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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 Championships (Junior) |
2 | 53.21 | 1 | 105.88 | 2 | 159.09 |
| Mar 15–18, 2018 | 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup |
1 | 51.89 | 1 | 91.74 | 1 | 143.63 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 Championships (Junior) |
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 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 Championships (Junior) |
2 | 61.24 | 2 | 128.77 | 2 | 190.01 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| 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 Championships (Junior) |
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 |