Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk

Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk
Zahorodnyuk (right) with student Vitaliy Danylchenko in 2004
Personal information
Native name В'ячеслав Васильович Загороднюк
Full name Vyacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodnyuk
Alternative names Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Country represented Ukraine
Soviet Union
Born (1972-08-11) 11 August 1972
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Former coach Valentyn Nikolayev, Galina Zmievskaya, Olga Pel
Former choreographer David Avdysh, Olga Mudrak
Former skating club "Ukraine" Odessa
Began skating 1977
Retired April 1998

Vyacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodnyuk (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Васильович Загороднюк, born 11 August 1972) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. He represented the USSR until its dissolution and then represented Ukraine. He is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1996 European champion, and 1989 World Junior champion.

Personal life

Zahorodnyuk was born on 11 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR.[1] He married Ukrainian ice dancer Olga Mudrak in 1994.[2] They have a son, Maxim (born circa 2006), and a daughter, Alina (born in February 2009).[3]

Career

Zahorodnyuk was initially coached by Galina Zmievskaya.[3] Competing for the Soviet Union, he won the 1989 World Junior Championships.[4]

After placing sixth at the 1991 Skate America, Zahorodnyuk won silver medals at the 1991 Grand Prix International de Paris and 1991 NHK Trophy, still representing the Soviet Union. In January 1992, he competed for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the European Championships in Lausanne, where he finished fourth. In February, he placed eighth for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.[5] He was tenth at the 1992 World Championships for the CIS.

Zahorodnyuk began competing under the Ukrainian flag in the 1992–93 season. He won bronze at the 1994 World Championships and gold at the 1996 European Championships.

In his final competitive season, Zahorodnyuk placed seventh at the 1998 European Championships and then tenth at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He ended his career with a fourth-place result at the 1998 World Championships. He was coached by Valentyn Nikolayev in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

After retiring from competition in April 1998, Zahorodnyuk participated in some film and TV productions, including The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice and worked as a coach in Richmond, Virginia. He coached in Kiev in 2011.[3] As of May 2016, he is based in Irvine, California.[6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
1997–98
[1]
    1996–97
        1995–96

          Results

          • Zahorodnyuk represented the Soviet Union until December 1991; the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the 1992 European and World Championships; the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics; and Ukraine from the start of the 1992–93 season.
          • GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
          International[1]
          Event 87–88 88–89 89–90 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98
          Olympics8th10th
          Worlds8th22nd10th3rd6th6th4th4th
          Europeans6th3rd3rd4th2nd3rd1st3rd7th
          GP Final6th
          GP Cup of Russia3rd
          GP Lalique2nd
          GP Nations Cup1st
          GP Skate America4th4th5th
          GP Skate Canada6th
          Goodwill Games4th
          Centennial on Ice6th
          Inter. de Paris /
          Trophée de France          		1st2nd2nd3rd4th
          Nations Cup3rd
          NHK Trophy3rd2nd2nd3rd
          Skate America4th6th4th5th
          Schäfer Memorial1st1st
          Ukrainian Souvenir2nd1st1st
          International: Junior[1]
          Junior Worlds2nd1st
          Blue Swords1st
          National[1]
          Ukrainian Champ.4th1st1st1st1st
          Soviet Champ.2nd2nd

          References

          1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Viacheslav ZAGORODNIUK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016.
          2. ↑ "Marika HUMPHREYS / Vitali BARANOV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2004.
          3. 1 2 3 Savchik, Anna (15 February 2012). Вячеслав ЗАГОРОДНЮК: «Мои награды лежат в гараже у Гордеевой и Кулика» [Viacheslav Zagorodniuk: My awards are in Gordeeva and Kulik's garage]. Sport Express in Ukraine (in Russian).
          4. ↑ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
          5. ↑ "V'iacheslav Zahorodniuk". Sports Reference.
          6. ↑ "2015 - 2016 Coach/Instructor Compliance" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. April 11, 2016. p. 348. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2016.
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