Dmytro Palamarchuk Explained

Dmytro Palamarchuk
Also Known As:Dmitri Palamarchuk
Country:Ukraine
Birth Date:17 December 1979
Birth Place:Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Formerpartner:Alexandra Tetenko
Tatiana Chuvaeva
Julia Obertas
Formercoach:Dmytro Shkidchenko
Formerchoreographer:Oleksander Tumanovski
Skating Club:Dynamo Kiev
Show-Medals:yes

Dmytro (Dmitri) Palamarchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Паламарчук, born December 17, 1979) is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and retired pair skater. With former partner Julia Obertas, he is a two-time World Junior champion (1998, 1999) and two-time Junior Grand Prix Final champion.

Career

Dmytro began his career as a singles skater for Ukraine, he later switched to pairs. In December 1997, Obertas/Palamarchuk won gold at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. They had ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate. In March 1998, they received the gold medal at the 1997–98 ISU Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Obertas/Palamarchuk ranked first in both segments on their way to gold at the 1999 World Junior Championships, held in November 1998 in Zagreb, Croatia. In March 1999, they won the 1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

At the 2000 World Championships, Obertas/Palamarchuk were 10th after the short program but during the free skate Palamarchuk caught an edge (right skate) while executing an overhead lift with Obertas – she was uninjured in the resulting fall but he hit his head on the ice. No medical attention was immediately offered at the event in Nice, France. Palamarchuk lay on the ice for several minutes before getting up and leaving the ice on his own but then lost consciousness and was taken to hospital – no damage was found but he was kept overnight for observation. Their partnership dissolved after that.

Palamarchuk competed three seasons with Tatiana Chuvaeva. They represented Ukraine at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, finishing 16th.

Palamarchuk skated with Alexandra Tetenko in the 2005–06 season before retiring from competition. He works as a skating coach in Plano, Texas. He is a World, US and International coach. Palamarchuk is also a former ISU Technical Specialist for Ukraine.

Programs

(with Chuvaeva)

SeasonShort programFree skating
2002–2003
  • Habanera
  • Scenes for a Night's Dream
2000–2002
  • Harlem Nocturne
  • Samba

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series / Junior Grand Prix

With Chuvaeva

International
Event2000–012001–022002–03
align=left 16th
align=left 16th
align=left 6th 10th
align=left 8th
align=left 9th
align=left 6th
align=left 9th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 5th
International: Junior
align=left 12th
National
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st

With Obertas

International
Event1996–971997–981998–9999–2000
align=left 11th WD
align=left 7th 6th 6th
align=left 5th
align=left 7th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
International: Junior
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
National
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left Ukrainian Jr. Champ. 4th
WD = Withdrew

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