Iouri Tchesnitchenko

Iouri Tchesnitchenko (also: Yuri Chesnichenko) is a Russian (former-Soviet) ice dancer who currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA where he works as a coach. During his competitive career, he skated with Yaroslava Nechaeva. They won the silver medal at the 1992 World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the Soviet Union and placed 13th at the 1994 European Figure Skating Championships for Russia. Following their competitive career, they toured as professionals on Torvill & Dean's "Torvill and Dean's Ice Adventures". They moved to Michigan in 1998 and began coaching.

Nechaeva & Chesnichenko currently coach many ice dancers in the United States, including Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell & Keiffer Hubbell, and Lynn Kriengkrairut & Logan Giulietti-Schmitt. At the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, their teams swept the Junior Ice Dancing podium.

References

* [http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/090307.shtml Golden Skate: Netchaeva and Tchesnitchenko Cultivate a Dynasty of Their Own]
* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/eurodance1990.html Skatabase: 1990s Europeans Results]

External links

* [http://www.annarborfsc.com/l_proinfo.php?id=16 Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club coaching profile]