Yakau Zenko (; born 21 July 2000) is a Belarusian retired figure skater. He competed in the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
Career Zenko began learning to skate in 2004. Early in his career, he trained under Julia Soldatova at Moskvich in Moscow.
By the 2015–2016 season, he had joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov at Sambo 70 (Moscow). Making his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, he placed 16th in Austria and 8th in Poland, both held in September 2015. A few months later, he became the Belarusian national senior bronze medalist and junior champion. In March 2016, he qualified to the final segment at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary; he ranked 22nd in the short program, 15th in the free skate, and 17th overall.
Zenko was eliminated after the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. He was coached by Tutberidze and Dudakov.
In the 2017–2018 season, Zenko is coached by Igor Rolinski in Moscow and Minsk.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2017–2018 Dream Still Loving You Whole Lotta Love 2016–2017 Gopher Mambo Mambo No. 5 2015–2016 Titine Modern Times - Later That Night
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Europeans 35th 30th Finlandia 15th Ice Star 14th 10th Nebelhorn 23rd Tallinn Trophy WD Warsaw Cup 14th Tallink Hotels Cup 4th International: Junior Junior Worlds 17th 33rd 29th 30th Austria 16th France WD 13th Poland 8th EYOF 5th Ice Star 2nd 4th Volvo Open 3rd National Belarus 3rd 1st 1st 4th Belarus: Junior 2nd 1st J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
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