Viacheslav Zagorodniuk

Viacheslav Zagorodniuk

Zagorodniuk with student Vitali Danilchenko in 2004
Personal information
Full name Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Country represented  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Born 11 August 1972 (1972-08-11) (age 39)

Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Загороднюк) (born 11 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine (then USSR) is a former Ukrainian figure skater. He represented the USSR until its dissolution and then represented Ukraine. He is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1996 European champion, and 1989 World Junior champion.

Zagorodniuk was initially coached by Galina Zmievskaya and later worked with Valentin Nikolaev. Over the course of his career, Zagorodniuk won the 1989 World Junior Championships and the 1996 European Championships. His best finish at the World Championships was third in 1994. He retired from competition in April 1998. Since then, Zagorodniuk participated in some film and TV productions, including The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice. He currently works as a coach in Richmond, Virginia. He married ice dancer Olga Mudrak.[1]

Results

Event 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98
Winter Olympics 8th 10th
World Championships 8th 22nd 10th 3rd 6th 6th 4th 4th
European Championships 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 7th
World Junior Championships 2nd 1st
Ukrainian Championships 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st
Soviet Championships 2nd 2nd
Grand Prix Final 6th
Skate America 4th 6th 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th
Skate Canada International 6th
Trophée Lalique 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd
Cup of Russia 3rd
NHK Trophy 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd
Nations Cup 3rd 1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial 1st 1st

References

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