Yuriy Kocherzhenko Explained

Yuriy Kocherzhenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Кочерженко|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Yurii Kocherzhenko; born September 9, 1979) 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.

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, 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.

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.

Programs

With Beknazarova

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2002–2003	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	Tango: Hora Cero by Ástor Piazzolla Flamenco: Bolero by Maurice Ravel	Kismet by Bond
2000–2001	Charleston: Black Bottom by R. Henderson Foxtrot: Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet Quickstep: When you Smile by V. Scalter	Avatora by Era

With Kurkudym

Results

With Beknazarova

Results
International
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
align=left				25th
align=left			23rd
align=left					9th
align=left				11th
align=left				bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left				5th
align=left					4th
International: Junior
align=left		18th	4th
align=left			4th
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Kurkudym

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International
Event	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	99–2000
align=left					26th
align=left						10th
International: Junior
align=left			19th		5th
align=left					bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left				9th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left				6th
align=left			9th J.
align=left			10th J.
align=left	Ukrainian Souvenir	9th J.
National
align=left					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix