Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko (; 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 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team. Petrenko became the first flagbearer for Ukraine.
Petrenko moved to the United States in 1994 with his family and associates, living first in Simbury, Connecticut, the site of an international skating center. He works as an International Skating Union (ISU) Technical Specialist, tours professionally, and coaches figure skating.
Early life
Viktor Petrenko was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, the first of two sons born to engineers Tamara and Vasyl Petrenko. They both got involved in ice skating, training and competing from a young age. His younger brother Vladimir Petrenko also became a competitive skater and the 1986 World Junior champion. They have coached American men's figure skater Johnny Weir since the summer of 2007. In June 2008, he was elected to the Presidium of the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation.
Programs
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Season
! Short program
! Free skating
! Exhibition
|-
! 1993-1994
| Toreador Song from Carmen <br><small>by Georges Bizet</small>
| "La donna è mobile" from "Rigoletto," <br> "Ah forse è lui" from "La Traviata," <br><small>both by Giuseppe Verdi</small>
| Baila Mi<br><small>by Gipsy Kings</small>
|-
! 1991-1992
| Carmen <br><small>by Georges Bizet</small>
| Raymond overture<br><small>by Thomas</small> <br> Le Cid ballet music <br><small>by Jules Massenet</small><br> Waltz op.64 No.2 <br><small>by Frédéric Chopin</small> <br> I Vespi Siciliani overture<br><small>by Giuseppe Verdi</small>
|Let's Twist Again<br><small>by Chubby Checker</small>
|-
! 1987-1988
| Flames of Paris<br><small>by Boris Asafyev</small>
| Don Quixote<br><small>by Ludwig Minkus</small>
| Ave Maria<br><small>by Schubert</small>
|}
Results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International
|-
! Event
! 83–84<br>
! 84–85<br>
! 85–86<br>
! 86–87<br>
! 87–88<br>
! 88–89<br>
! 89–90<br>
! 90–91<br>
! 91–92<br>
! 93–94<br>
|-
| align = left | Olympics || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || 4th
|-
| align = left | Worlds || || 9th || 5th || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 6th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
|-
| align = left | Europeans || || 6th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| align = left | Goodwill Games || || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || ||
|-
| align = left | Skate America || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| align = left | Skate Canada || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || ||
|-
| align = left | Nations Cup || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| align = left | NHK Trophy || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || ||
|-
| align = left | Moscow News || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align = left | St. Ivel || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || ||
|-
! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior
|-
| align = left | Junior Worlds || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! colspan="11" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National
|-
| align = left | Ukrainian Champ. || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| align = left | Soviet Champ. || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|}
References
External links
- Athlete Profile - Petrenko
- Champions on Ice