Ilona Melnichenko
| Ilona Melnichenko | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Soviet Union |
| Born | Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Former partner | Gennady Kaskov |
| Retired | 1991 |
Ilona Melnichenko (Russian: Илона Мельниченко)[1] is a former ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With former partner Gennady Kaskov, she is the 1987 World Junior Champion[2] and 1991 Winter Universiade champion. She is from Odessa and has a Bachelor degree in Physical Education from the Odessa State Institute of Physical Culture.[3] Melnichenko is married to former pair skater Artem Torgashev, the 1987 World Junior silver medalist, with whom she has two children, Andrew and Deanna.[3][4] They coach at the Panthers Figure Skating Club, Saveology Iceplex in Coral Springs, Florida.[3][5] Their son is a single skater who won the U.S. national title on the Juvenile level in 2012 and on the Intermediate level in 2013.[4][6][7]
Results
(with Kaskov)
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 |
| Skate Canada | 4th | ||||
| Skate America | 3rd | ||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 3rd | ||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | 1st | |||
| Winter Universiade | 2nd | 1st | |||
| International: Junior | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 1st | ||||
| National | |||||
| Soviet Championships | 3rd | ||||
References
- ↑ "Мельниченко Илона" [Ilona Melnichenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ↑ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ilona Melnichenko". Panthers Figure Skating Club. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Davis, Craig (December 18, 2010). "Coral Springs’ Torgashev gets bronze medal in first trip to Figure Skating Junior Nationals; Chiera, Feigenbaum also post top-five finishes". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Davis, Craig (October 25, 2010). "Figure skating: Chiera, Torgashev win at regionals". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
- ↑ Felton, Renee (December 14, 2011). "Torgashev turns juvenile boys bronze to gold". Icenetwork. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ↑ Menning, Rick (February 3, 2013). "Local skater earns second national title". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.