Mihhail Selevko

Mihhail Selevko (born 20 November 2002) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2019 Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist, and a three-time Estonian national champion (2019, 2023-24).

Personal life
Selevko was born on November 20, 2002, in Tallinn, Estonia, to Ukrainian immigrants Galina and Anatoli Selevko. His mother is an accountant and his father is a computer programmer. Selevko's older brother Aleksandr also represents Estonia internationally in figure skating. He can speak Estonian, Russian, and English fluently, and is also learning Finnish.

He is most recently a student at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, where he studies game design.

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.

2016–17 season
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.

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.

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.

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.

2018–19 season
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.

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.

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.

2019–20 season
On the Junior Grand Prix series, Selevko placed tenth at the 2019 JGP Russia and ninth at the 2019 JGP Italy.

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.

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.

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.

2021–22 season
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.

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.

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.

2022–23 season
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.

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.

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.

At the 2023 World Championships, Selevko placed fifteenth in the short program and seventeenth in the free skate, finishing seventeenth overall.

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.

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