Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko
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Personal information | |
Full name | Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko |
Country represented | ![]() |
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 1 November 2001
Home town | Tallinn |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Partner | Solène Mazingue |
Former partner | Darja Netjaga, Jessenia Tsenkman |
Coach | Alexei Sitnikov, Julia Zlobina, Peter Durnev, Alexander Zhulin |
Former coach | Julia Semjonova, Alexei Gorshkov |
Choreographer | Artem Khromykh. Julia Semenjova, Natalja Janovskaja |
Former choreographer | Elena Maslennikova |
Skating club | Anna Levandi FSC |
Former skating club | FSC SkyDance |
Training locations | Moscow, Russia |
Former training locations | Tallinn |
Began skating | 2007 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 147.54 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
Short dance | 63.97 2022 Worlds |
Free dance | 89.71 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 |
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2021–2022 [1] |
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With Netjaga[]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2019–2020 [3] |
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2018–2019 [2] |
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Competitive highlights[]
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Mazingue[]
International[4] | ||
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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] | |||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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[]
- ^ a b "Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Solene MAZINGUE / Mark Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.
External links[]
- 2001 births
- Estonian male ice dancers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tallinn