Vladimir Vasilyevich Petrenko ( uk, Володимир Васильович Петренко: Volodymyr Vasylovych Petrenko, russian: Владимир Васильевич Петренко; born in 1971) is a 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 ...

who represented the

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. He is the 1986 World Junior champion. He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist

Viktor Petrenko Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko ( uk, Віктор Васильович Петренко; born 27 June 1969) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the ...

, and they were both coached by

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figure skating coach

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 ...

at Spartak in

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. Petrenko currently works as a coach at the International Skating Center (ISCC) in

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. He is an ISU technical specialist for Ukraine. He has two sons, Daniel and Anton Petrenko. Daniel was once a competitive figure skater.

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