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Yuriy Kocherzhenko[1] (Ukrainian: Юрій Кочерженко,[2] Russian: Юрий Кочерженко, born 9 September 1979)[3] is a Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer. Along 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.

Yuriy Kocherzhenko
Personal information
Alternative names	Juri/Yuri Kocherzhenko
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1979-09-09) 9 September 1979 (age 43) 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 Kyiv
Began skating	1983
Retired	2003

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]	Waltz: Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian March: Love of Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev Waltz: Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian	Nuclear Train (from Edge of Darkness) by Michael Kamen
2001–2002 [7]	Tango: Hora Cero by Ástor Piazzolla Flamenco: Bolero by Maurice Ravel	Kismet by Bond
2000–2001 [8]	Charleston: Black Bottom by R. Henderson Foxtrot: Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet Quickstep: When you Smile by V. Scalter	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

External links

• Alla Beknazarova / Yuriy Kocherzhenko at the International Skating Union

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