Vladimir Petrenko

Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Петренко, romanized: Volodymyr Vasylovych Petrenko; Russian: Владимир Васильевич Петренко; born in 1971) is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1986 World Junior champion.[1] He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Viktor Petrenko, and they were both coached by Ukrainian figure skating coach Galina Zmievskaya at Spartak in Odesa.

Vladimir Petrenko
Petrenko at the 2017 World Junior Championships
Full nameVladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko
Other namesVolodymyr Petrenko
Born1971 (age 51–52)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
Retired1992; now works at ISCC
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing  Soviet Union
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1986 SarajevoMen's singles
Silver medal – second place1985 Colorado SpringsMen's singles

Petrenko currently works as a coach at the International Skating Center (ISCC) in Simsbury, Connecticut.[2] He is an ISU technical specialist for Ukraine.[3] He has two sons, Daniel[4] and Anton Petrenko. Daniel was once a competitive figure skater.

Competitive highlights
International
Event 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89 89–90 90–91 91–92
Worlds10th
Fujifilm Trophy2nd
Moscow News3rd3rd1st
Nebelhorn Trophy3rd3rd
Skate America5th
Skate Electric3rd
Universiade3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds5th2nd1st
National
Soviet Champ.4th4th

References
  1. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013.
  2. "2014 - 2015 Coach/Instructor Compliance" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. December 5, 2014. p. 229. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2014.
  3. "ISU Communication No. 1467" (PDF). International Skating Union. August 23, 2007.
  4. Rutherford, Lynn; Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (July 22, 2013). "'Gladiator' Manella ousts 'Zorro' Messing in Aston". IceNetwork. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.


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