Jelena Glebova
Jelena Glebova | |
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![]() Glebova and her former coach Levandi at 2010 Cup of Russia | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Estonia |
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 16 June 1989
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Former coach | Igor Krokavec, Irina Kononova, Anna Levandi |
Former choreographer | David Wilson, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Vakhtang Murvanidze, Lea Ann Miller, Maria McLean, Anna Levandi |
Former skating club | Medal FSC Tallinn Anna Levandi FSC |
Former training locations | Hackensack, New Jersey, Tallinn, Tartu, Andorra, Novogorsk |
Began skating | 1995 |
Retired | May 2014 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 157.77 2011 Merano Cup |
Short program | 56.52 2011 Finlandia Trophy |
Free skate | 103.09 2011 Merano Cup |
Jelena Glebova (born 16 June 1989) is an Estonian former competitive figure skater. She won five senior international medals (three gold, two silver) and seven Estonian national titles. She finished as high as seventh at the European Championships (2014) and 13th at the World Championships (2012).
Skating career[]
Glebova started skating when she was five years old after watching her brother practice.[1] She trained in Estonia with coach Irina Kononova from the age of 5 to 12, and then with Anna Levandi for ten years.[2][3]
Glebova appeared at her first World Junior Championships in 2004 and debuted at the European and World Championships in 2005. In 2006, she competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, finishing 28th. In 2007, she achieved her best World Junior result, sixth in Oberstdorf. In 2010, she placed 21st at the Vancouver Olympics.
In 2011, Glebova moved from Estonia to Hackensack, New Jersey and began training with coaches Igor Krokavec and Craig Maurizi.[2][4] She placed 13th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. The next season, she finished 16th at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario. Her result qualified a spot for Estonia in the ladies' event at the 2014 Olympics.
In the 2013–14 season, Glebova finished seventh at the European Championships in Budapest, the best result of her career. She placed 29th at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She retired from competition in May 2014.[5][6][3]
Personal life[]
Glebova has an elder brother, Ilja Glebov, who also competed in figure skating.[1] As of 2014, she works for Tallinn's city council.[5][6]
Programs[]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2013–2014 [7] |
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2012–2013 [8][9] |
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2011–2012 [10][2] |
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2010–2011 [11] |
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2009–2010 [12] |
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2008–2009 [13][14] |
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2007–2008 [15] |
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2006–2007 [16] |
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2005–2006 [17] |
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2004–2005 [18] |
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2003–2004 [19] |
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Competitive highlights[]
Results[20] | ||||||||||||
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International | ||||||||||||
Event | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
Olympics | 28th | 21st | 29th | |||||||||
Worlds | 33rd | 18th | 15th | 16th | 21st | 22nd | 13th | 16th | 26th | |||
Europeans | 25th | 15th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 13th | 7th | ||||
GP Bompard | 6th | 7th | ||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 10th | ||||||||||
GP Skate America | 5th | |||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 8th | 11th | ||||||||||
Crystal Skate | 7th | 1st | ||||||||||
Finlandia | 5th | 6th | 2nd | |||||||||
Ice Challenge | 4th | |||||||||||
Karl Schäfer | 5th | 2nd | ||||||||||
Merano Cup | 1st | |||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 12th | 6th | 4th | 9th | 4th | 11th | ||||||
NRW Trophy | 7th | 1st | ||||||||||
Ondrej Nepela | 7th | |||||||||||
U.S. Classic | 4th | |||||||||||
Universiade | 4th | 7th | 4th | |||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 27th | 20th | 11th | 6th | 11th | |||||||
JGP Bulgaria | 16th | |||||||||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 3rd | |||||||||||
JGP Estonia | 6th | |||||||||||
JGP Hungary | 6th | |||||||||||
JGP Poland | 25th | |||||||||||
JGP Ukraine | 13th | |||||||||||
JGP USA | 8th | |||||||||||
Warsaw Cup | 2nd J. | |||||||||||
National | ||||||||||||
Estonian | 3rd J. | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||
Team events | ||||||||||||
Japan Open | 1T/5P | |||||||||||
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only. |
References[]
- ^ a b Mittan, Barry (17 July 2008). "Glorious Glebova". SkateToday.
- ^ a b c Remmel, Ia (23 January 2012). "Everything is new for Estonia's Elena Glebova". Absolute Skating.
- ^ a b Nilk, Andrus (24 May 2014). "Jelena Glebova: tükk mu südamest jäi Ameerikasse" [Jelena Glebova interview]. Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian).
- Russian version: Елена Глебова: друг сердца остался в Америке (in Russian).
- ^ Hennessey, David (12 January 2013). "Olympian Glebova takes the ice with Greenwich youth". Greenwich Time. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
- ^ a b Kangur, Kristjan Jaak (21 May 2014). "Tippspordist loobunud Jelena Glebova: mu karjäär oli suurepärane seiklus" [Jelena Glebova leaves competition: my career was a great adventure]. Postimees (in Estonian).
- ^ a b Medvedev, Gennady (21 May 2014). Фигуристка Елена Глебова завершила спортивную карьеру [Figure skater Glebova ends her competitive career]. Delfi (web portal) (in Russian).
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
- ^ Värv, Maarja (25 September 2012). Глебова поменяла стиль катания [Glebova has changed her style of skating]. Postimees (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-07-27.; "Glebova teeb koostööd maineka koreograafiga" (in Estonian).
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2007.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.
- ^ "Elena GLEBOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004.
- ^ "Competition Results: Elena GLEBOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
External links[]
Media related to Jelena Glebova at Wikimedia Commons
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- Olympic figure skaters of Estonia
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Estonian female single skaters
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Estonian people of Russian descent
- Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade