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► Aljona Sawtschenko, sometimes Aliona Savchenko; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German retired pair skater. One of the most decorated pair skaters, she is the 2018 Olympic Champion and two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2010, 2014),[3] a six-time World Champion, a four-time European Champion and a five-time Grand Prix Final champion.

With partner Bruno Massot, she is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2018 World Champion, a two-time European silver medalist, the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time German national champion (2016, 2018). The pair hold the world record for best free skate score and best total score, and they are the first pair skaters to break 160 points in the free skate.

► Olympic pairs’ figure skating champions who haven’t competed in three years, will not return to competition, according to Savchenko’s social media.

“This was an extremely difficult decision and I’m still fighting myself,” was posted on the 37-year-old, five-time Olympian’s account. “I really love the adrenaline of competitions, pushing myself over the limit and daily practice. I personally was hoping to continue our career, but unfortunately some parts of the team are missing! To add, the current Pandemic has made everything a little bit harder.”

Ukraine-born Savchenko and France-born Massot rallied from fourth place after the PyeongChang Olympic short program to take gold with a world record free skate score. They followed that with the world title a month later.

It marked Savchenko’s 11th world medal — tying the female record held by Norwegian singles legend Sonja Henie — and sixth world title — tying Soviet Alexander Zaitsev for second on the all-time pairs’ list, four behind Irina Rodnina.

Later in spring 2018, they announced an indefinite break from competition. Savchenko had daughter Amilia in September 2019. Massot coached and moved back to France.

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