Aljona Savchenko (, Olena Valentynivna Savchenko; German Romanization: Aljona Sawtschenko, sometimes Aliona Savchenko; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pair skater. One of the most decorated pair skaters, she is the 2018 Olympic Champion and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2010, 2014), 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. With former partner Robin Szolkowy, she is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a five-time World champion (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014), a four-time European champion (2007–2009, 2011), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013), and an eight-time German national champion (2004–2009, 2011, 2014). Savchenko and Szolkowy received the first 10.0 component scores ever given by a judge under the ISU Judging System. Savchenko originally represented Ukraine with Dmitri Boyenko and later Stanislav Morozov. With Morozov, she was the 2000 World Junior champion, the 1999–2000 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion. In June 2021, Savchenko unretired to pursue her competitive career in the United States. In September 2021, she announced that, due to having difficulties in the search of a partner, she would be focusing on coaching again. Personal life Aliona Savchenko was born in Obukhiv, near Kyiv, and raised with three brothers. Her father Valentyn is a former weightlifter. In April 2010, Savchenko became godmother to Galina Efremenko's daughter. In 2014, she worked with the German Red Cross on an aid project for eastern Ukraine. In April 2015, Savchenko announced her engagement to Liam Cross whom she met at a poker game. The couple that lives in Oberstdorf married on 18 August 2016. Their daughter, Amilia Savchenko Cross, was born on 7 September 2019. Career for Ukraine Savchenko became interested in figure skating after seeing it on television. She began skating at age five and practiced with her father on a lake. She convinced her parents to let her skate at a rink 50 km away, although it required her arriving at a bus stop at four in