Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko

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Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko
Personal information
Full nameMarko Jevgeni Gaidajenko
Country representedEstonia Estonia
Born (2001-11-01) 1 November 2001 (age 20)
Tallinn, Estonia
Home townTallinn
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PartnerSolène Mazingue
Former partnerDarja Netjaga, Jessenia Tsenkman
CoachAlexei Sitnikov, Julia Zlobina, Peter Durnev, Alexander Zhulin
Former coachJulia Semjonova, Alexei Gorshkov
ChoreographerArtem Khromykh. Julia Semenjova, Natalja Janovskaja
Former choreographerElena Maslennikova
Skating clubAnna Levandi FSC
Former skating clubFSC SkyDance
Training locationsMoscow, Russia
Former training locationsTallinn
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total147.54
2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Short dance63.97
2022 Worlds
Free dance89.71
2021 CS Warsaw Cup

Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko (born 1 November 2001) is an Estonian ice dancer. With his current partner, Solène Mazingue, he is the 2021 JGP France II bronze medalist, the 2022 Estonian national champion, and competed in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships.

Personal life[]

Gaidajenko was born on 1 November 2001 in Tallinn, Estonia. As of 2022, he is a university student studying medicine.

Career[]

Early years[]

Gaidajenko began learning to skate in 2007.[1] As a novice ice dancer, he competed with Jessenia Tsenkman.[2]

By 2018, Gaidajenko was skating with Darja Netjaga. The two made their ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in October 2018, placing eleventh in Ljubljana, Slovenia. During the following JGP season, Netjaga/Gaidajenko finished 12th in Latvia and 13th in Italy. Ranked 25th in the rhythm dance, they did not advance to the free dance at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. They trained in Tallinn and Moscow, coached by Julia Semjonova and Alexei Gorshkov.[3]

2021–2022 season[]

Mazingue/Gaidajenko made their international debut in August at the 2021 JGP France II, the second of two events held in Courchevel. There, the team placed fifth in the rhythm dance, but rose to third in the free dance to claim the bronze medal overall behind American teams Oona Brown / Gage Brown and / . Their medal marked the first medal for Estonia on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in ice dance since 2011. At their second JGP event, the 2021 JGP Austria, Mazingue/Gaidajenko finished ninth.

Moving up to the senior level, Mazingue/Gaidajenko made their Challenger Series debut in November at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. They placed 15th at the event. Later in December, they won their first senior national title at the 2022 Estonian Championships before returning to the Challenger Series at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished ninth. Due to their placement at Estonian nationals, Mazingue/Gaidajenko were assigned to Estonia's berth in ice dance at the 2022 European Championships.

At Europeans, held in Gaidajenko's hometown Tallinn, Mazingue/Gaidajenko set a new personal best in the rhythm dance to qualify to the free dance in 20th place. They maintained their standing in the free dance and finished 20th overall.

Programs[]

With Mazingue[]

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[1]

With Netjaga[]

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[3]
2018–2019
[2]
  • Tango: Take the Lead
    by Veronica Verdier
  • Tango: Tango Mistico
    by Tanghetto

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Mazingue[]

International[4]
Event 2021–22
Worlds 19th
Europeans 20th
CS Golden Spin 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 15th
International: Junior[4]
JGP Austria 9th
JGP France II 3rd
National[4]
Estonian Champ. 1st

With Netjaga[]

International: Junior[5]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 25th
JGP Italy 10th
JGP Latvia 12th
JGP Slovenia 11th
Halloween Cup 7th
Mentor Toruń Cup 13th
Tallinn Trophy 5th
National[5]
Estonian Champ. 2nd J
Tallinn Open 1st

With Tsenkman[]

International: Novice
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
NRW Trophy 4th NB 2nd NB 9th A
1st B 1st A 1st A
Tallinn Trophy 4th A 5th A
National[5]
Estonian Champ. 1st B 1st B 1st A
Levels: J = Junior; A = Advanced novice;
B = Basic novice; NB = Non-ISU Basic novice

Detailed results[]

With Mazingue[]

Senior results[]

2021–2022 season
Date Event RD FD Total
10–16 January 2022 2022 European Championships 20
60.36 		20
83.53 		20
142.89
9–11 December 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 8
58.89 		9
88.62 		9
147.51
4–5 December 2021 2022 Estonian Championships 2
61.95 		1
93.60 		1
155.55
19–20 November 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 17
57.83 		14
89.71 		15
147.54

Junior results[]

2021–2022 season
Date Event RD FD Total
7–9 October 2021 2021 JGP Austria 11
48.81 		7
82.42 		9
131.23
25–28 August 2021 2021 JGP France II 5
54.23 		3
84.00 		3
138.23

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Solene MAZINGUE / Mark Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ a b c "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.

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