Juri Kocherzhenko is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 ice dancer. With former partner Alla Beknazarova

Alla Beknazarova

Alla Beknazarova is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She currently competes with Vladimir Zuev. They are the 2007 Ukrainian national champions. Beknazarova previously skated with Sergei Verbillo and Juri Kocherzhenko....

, he is the 2001 Ukrainian national champion

Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships

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 and three-time bronze medalist. Their partnership ended in 2003.

Before teaming up with Beknazarova, he had competed with Tatiana Kurkudym, with whom he was the 1999 Ukrainian junior national champion. They placed 19th at the 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

, 5th at the 1999 Juniors Worlds, and 26th at the 1999 World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

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