Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Zahorodnyuk.

Vyacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodnyuk^[a] (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.

Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk
Zahorodnyuk (right) with student Vitaliy Danylchenko in 2004
Full name	Vyacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodnyuk
Native name	В'ячеслав Васильович Загороднюк
Born	(1972-08-11) 11 August 1972 (age 52) Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine Soviet Union
Began skating	1977
Retired	April 1998
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Figure skating: Men's singles World Championships 1994 Chiba Men's singles European Championships 1996 Sofia Men's singles 1994 Copenhagen Men's singles 1995 Dortmund Men's singles 1997 Paris Men's singles Representing  Soviet Union European Championships 1990 Leningrad Men's singles 1991 Sofia Men's singles World Junior Championships 1989 Sarajevo Men's singles 1988 Brisbane Men's singles

Personal life

Zahorodnyuk was born on 11 August 1972 in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR.^[1] He married Ukrainian ice dancer Olga Mudrak in 1994.^[2] They have a son, Maxim (born August 2005), 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 Kyiv in 2011.^[3] As of May 2016, he is based in Irvine, California.^[6]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
1997–98 [1]		The Battle on the Ice (from Alexandr Nevsky) by Sergei Prokofiev, Symphonic Orch. Bratislava Symphony No. 6, 3rd mov. by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1996–97
1995–96		Polonaise Militaire Fantasie Impromptu by Frederic Chopin

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
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

Notes

1. Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Васильович Загороднюк, romanized: Viacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodniuk

References

1. "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. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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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