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

          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
          Olympics 8th 10th
          Worlds 8th 22nd 10th 3rd 6th 6th 4th 4th
          Europeans 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 7th
          GP Final 6th
          GP Cup of Russia 3rd
          GP Lalique 2nd
          GP Nations Cup 1st
          GP Skate America 4th 4th 5th
          GP Skate Canada 6th
          Goodwill Games 4th
          Centennial on Ice 6th
          Inter. de Paris /
          Trophée de France                     		1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th
          Nations Cup 3rd
          NHK Trophy 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd
          Skate America 4th 6th 4th 5th
          Schäfer Memorial 1st 1st
          Ukrainian Souvenir 2nd 1st 1st
          International: Junior[1]
          Junior Worlds 2nd 1st
          Blue Swords 1st
          National[1]
          Ukrainian Champ. 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st
          Soviet Champ. 2nd 2nd

          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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