Yuriy Kocherzhenko (born September 9, 1979) is a 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 Maria Tumanovskaya and 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 Astor 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 Season Original dance Free dance 1998–1999 Russian folk Bublitchky by the Paul Mauriat Orchestra
Results
With Beknazarova Results International Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 World Champ. 25th European Champ. 23rd GP Bofrost Cup on Ice 9th GP Skate Canada 11th Karl Schäfer Memorial 3rd Nebelhorn Trophy 5th Winter Universiade 4th International: Junior World Junior Champ. 18th 4th JGP Final 4th JGP France 1st JGP Ukraine 1st National Ukrainian Champ. 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
With Kurkudym International Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000 World Champ. 26th Nebelhorn Trophy 10th International: Junior World Junior Champ. 19th 5th JGP France 1st JGP Germany 9th 3rd JGP Ukraine 6th Blue Swords 9th J. St. Gervais 10th J. Ukrainian Souvenir 9th J. National Ukrainian Champ. 3rd J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
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