Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Петренко: Volodymyr Vasylovych Petrenko, Russian: Владимир Васильевич Петренко; born in 1971) is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1986 World Junior champion.[1] He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Viktor Petrenko, and they were both coached by Ukrainian figure skating coach Galina Zmievskaya at Spartak in Odessa.
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![]() Petrenko at the 2017 World Junior Championships | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko | ||||||||||||||||
Alternative names | Volodymyr Petrenko | ||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 1971 (age 50–51) Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Galina Zmievskaya | ||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | Spartak Odessa | ||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1992; now works at ISCC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petrenko currently works as a coach at the International Skating Center (ISCC) in Simsbury, Connecticut.[2] He is an ISU technical specialist for Ukraine.[3] He has two sons, Daniel[4] and Anton Petrenko. Daniel was once a competitive figure skater.
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Event | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 |
Worlds | 10th | ||||||||
Fujifilm Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
Moscow News | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||
Skate America | 5th | ||||||||
Skate Electric | 3rd | ||||||||
Universiade | 3rd | ||||||||
International: Junior | |||||||||
Junior Worlds | 5th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
National | |||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 4th | 4th |
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