Vyacheslav Vasylovych Zahorodnyuk ( uk, В'ячеслав Васильович Загороднюк, born 11 August 1972) is a Ukrainian former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. 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 Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. He married Ukrainian

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Olga Mudrak in 1994. They have a son, Maxim (born August 2005), and a daughter, Alina (born in February 2009).

Career

Zahorodnyuk was initially coached by

Galina Zmievskaya Galina Yakovlevna Zmievskaya (russian: Галина Яковлевна Змиевская, uk, Галина Яківна Змієвська, ''Halyna Yakivna Zmievs'ka'') (born 1952) is a Ukrainian-American figure skating coach in the United Stat ...

. Competing for the Soviet Union, he won the 1989 World Junior Championships. 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

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(CIS) at the

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, where he finished fourth. In February, he placed eighth for the Unified Team at the

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, France. 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

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, Japan. He ended his career with a fourth-place result at the 1998 World Championships. He was coached by Valentyn Nikolayev in

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. 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

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in 2011. As of May 2016, he is based in

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Programs

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)''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zahorodnyuk, Vyacheslav 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Odesa Ukrainian male single skaters Soviet male single skaters Ukrainian emigrants to the United States Ukrainian figure skating coaches Olympic figure skaters of the Unified Team Olympic figure skaters of Ukraine Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni