Vladimir Petrenko

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Vladimir Petrenko
Vladimir Petrenko at the 2017 Junior World Championships (cropped).jpg
Full nameVladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko
Other namesVolodymyr Petrenko
Born1971 (age 5253)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
Retired1992; now works at ISCC
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Sarajevo Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Colorado Springs Men's singles

Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko [lower-alpha 1] (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.

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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
Event83–8484–8585–8686–8787–8888–8989–9090–9191–92
Worlds 10th
Fujifilm Trophy 2nd
Moscow News 3rd3rd1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd3rd
Skate America 5th
Skate Electric 3rd
Universiade 3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 5th2nd1st
National
Soviet Champ. 4th4th

Notes

  1. Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Петренко, romanized: Volodymyr Vasylovych Petrenko;
    Russian: Владимир Васильевич Петренко, romanized: Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko

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