Yuriy Kocherzhenko

Yuriy Kocherzhenko
Personal information
Alternative names Juri/Yuri Kocherzhenko
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1979-09-09) 9 September 1979
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Former partner Alla Beknazarova, Tetyana Kurkudym
Former coach Maria Tumanovska, Oleksander Tumanovsky, Yulia Moskalska
Skating club Dynamo Kiev
Began skating 1983
Retired 2003

Yuriy Kocherzhenko[1] (Ukrainian: Юрій Кочерженко,[2] Russian: Юрий Кочерженко, born 9 September 1979)[3] is a Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer. With Alla Beknazarova, he is the 2001 Karl Schäfer Memorial bronze medalist and 2001 Ukrainian national champion. Their best ISU Championship result, fourth, came at the 2001 World Junior Championships.

Career

Kocherzhenko and Tetyana Kurkudym began competing together internationally in 1995. In the 1998–99 season, they medaled at their ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments, taking gold in France and bronze in Germany,[4][5] and placed fifth at the 1999 World Junior Championships, held in Zagreb in November 1998. In the second half of the season, they competed on the senior level at the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki. They were coached by Yulia Moskalska and then Alexander Tumanovsky.[3]

Kocherzhenko teamed up with Alla Beknazarova in late 1999 or early 2000. They were sent to the 2000 World Junior Championships, held in March in Oberstdorf, and finished 18th. In the 2000–01 season, Beknazarova/Kocherzhenko won gold at two JGP events and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. They also finished fourth at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia. They won one senior international medal, bronze at the 2001 Karl Schäfer Memorial, and competed at two senior Grand Prix events and two senior ISU Championships. Their partnership ended in 2003.

Kocherzhenko moved to the United States and works as a skating coach in Santa Monica, California.[1]

Programs

With Beknazarova

Season Original dance Free dance
2002–2003
[6]
2001–2002
[7]
2000–2001
[8]
  • Avatora
    by Era

With Kurkudym

Season Original dance Free dance
1998–1999
[3]
Russian folk
  • Bublitchky
    by the Paul Mauriat Orchestra

Results

With Beknazarova

Results[8][7][6]
International
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
World Champ. 25th
European Champ. 23rd
GP Bofrost Cup on Ice 9th
GP Skate Canada 11th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
Winter Universiade 4th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 18th 4th
JGP Final 4th
JGP France 1st
JGP Ukraine 1st
National
Ukrainian Champ. 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Kurkudym

International[3]
Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000
World Champ. 26th
Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 19th 5th
JGP France 1st
JGP Germany 9th 3rd
JGP Ukraine 6th
Blue Swords 9th J.
St. Gervais 10th J.
Ukrainian Souvenir 9th J.
National
Ukrainian Champ. 3rd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 - 2014 Coach/Instructor Compliance" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. 25 April 2014. p. 151.
  2. ↑ Коротко / СПОРТ [Sports in brief] (in Ukrainian). day.kiev.ua. 3 September 1998.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "KURKUDYM Tatiana / KOCHERZHENKO Juri". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "1998 JGP St. Gervais". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "1998 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter". International Skating Union.
  6. 1 2 "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.
  7. 1 2 "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  8. 1 2 "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001.
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