Aliona Savchenko (Ukrainian: Олена
Валентинівна Савченко, also Romanized
Aljona Sawtschenko; born 19 January 1984 in Kiev, Ukraine
SSR, Soviet Union) is a German-Ukrainian pair skater. With
partner Robin Szolkowy, she is the 2010 Olympic bronze
medalist, the 2008 & 2009 World Champion, the 2010 World
Silver Medalist, the 2007 World Bronze Medalist, a
three-time (2007–2009) European Champion, the 2008 Grand
Prix Final Champion, and a six-time (2004–2009) German
National Champion. With former partner Stanislav Morozov,
she is the 2000 World Junior Champion and the 2000 &
2001 Ukrainian Champion. They represented Ukraine at the
2002 Winter Olympics, where they placed 15th. Savchenko
& Szolkowy scored the first 10.0 ever given by a judge
under the ISU Judging System. As of April 2010[update],
they were ranked 1st in the world by the International
Skating Union (ISU).