Yuri Vlasenko
| Yuri Vlasenko | |||||||||||||||
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 Vlasenko in November 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1994 Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Lydia Erdman | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sambo 70 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Власенко, born 20 November 1994) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko was born on 20 November 1994 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[2]
Career[edit]
Vlasenko and Betina Popova began competing together in 2009.[3] The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow.[2]
Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the 2011 NRW Trophy. They placed 7th at the Russian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.
2013–14 season[edit]
Popova/Vlasenko made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2013–14 season. They won the silver medal in Minsk, Belarus and then gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014–15 season[edit]
Popova/Vlasenko's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked second in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they finished second to Canada's Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen by a margin of 6.75 points. Popova/Vlasenko were awarded gold in Dresden, Germany after placing first in both segments and outscoring Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter of the United States by 7.96 points. At the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, they won the bronze medal behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd. The two finished 11th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
2015–16 season[edit]
Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Popova/Vlasenko outscored Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron of France by 7.3 points for the gold in Riga, Latvia. They took silver at their JGP assignment in Logroño, Spain – finishing second to another French team, Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac, by a margin of 1.78 points – and qualified for their third JGP Final. At the final, held in December in Barcelona, Popova/Vlasenko finished fourth, having scored 0.45 less than the bronze medalists, Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons of the United States. After taking silver behind Loboda/Drozd at the Russian Junior Championships, they were assigned to the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
Their partnership ended by May 2016.[4]
Programs[edit]
(with Popova)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2015–2016 [5] |
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| 2014–2015 [6] |
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| 2013–2014 [7] |
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| 2012–2013 |
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| 2011–2012 |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Erdman[edit]
| National | |
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| Event | 2018–19 |
| U.S. Championships | 8th |
With Solovieva[edit]
| International | ||
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| Event | 2017–18 | |
| CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 11th | |
| Volvo Open Cup | 5th | |
| National[3] | ||
| Russian Championships | 7th | |
With Popova[edit]
| International[1] | ||||||
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| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| Junior Worlds | 7th | 11th | 6th | |||
| JGP Final | 4th | 3rd | 4th | |||
| JGP Belarus | 2nd | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Germany | 1st | |||||
| JGP Latvia | 1st | |||||
| JGP Spain | 2nd | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 4th J | 8th J | ||||
| National[3] | ||||||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 14th | 12th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| J: Junior level | ||||||
Detailed results[edit]
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
With Popova
| 2015–16 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
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| 14–20 March 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 7 58.56 |
5 87.65 |
6 146.21 | ||
| 19–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 61.62 |
1 96.20 |
2 157.82 | ||
| 10–13 December 2015 | 2015−16 JGP Final | Junior | 4 61.85 |
4 82.11 |
4 143.96 | ||
| 30 September – 4 October 2015 | 2015 JGP Spain | Junior | 2 60.40 |
2 90.54 |
2 150.94 | ||
| 26–30 August 2015 | 2015 JGP Latvia | Junior | 1 59.82 |
1 86.53 |
1 146.35 | ||
| 2014–15 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
| 2–8 March 2015 | 2015 World Junior Championships | Junior | 9 51.17 |
11 74.26 |
11 125.43 | ||
| 4–7 February 2015 | 2015 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 3 58.06 |
2 89.93 |
2 147.99 | ||
| 11–14 December 2014 | 2014–15 JGP Final | Junior | 3 50.52 |
3 81.36 |
3 131.88 | ||
| 1–5 October 2014 | 2014 JGP Germany | Junior | 1 59.91 |
1 87.40 |
1 147.31 | ||
| 3–7 September 2014 | 2014 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 2 52.42 |
4 79.00 |
2 131.42 | ||
| 2013–14 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
| 10–16 March 2014 | 2014 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 53.29 |
6 79.18 |
7 132.47 | ||
| 23–25 January 2014 | 2014 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 60.31 |
4 86.09 |
3 146.40 | ||
| 5–8 December 2013 | 2013–14 JGP Final | Junior | 4 52.50 |
4 76.97 |
4 129.47 | ||
| 3–5 October 2013 | 2013 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 4 53.48 |
1 81.68 |
1 135.16 | ||
| 26–28 September 2013 | 2013 JGP Belarus | Junior | 3 51.82 |
2 76.89 |
2 128.71 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- ^ a b Власенко Юрий Владимирович [Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "Власенко Юрий Владимирович" [Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoliy (2 May 2016). "Фигурист Мозгов, выступавший с Яновской, образовал танцевальную пару с Поповой" [Figure skater Mozgov, formerly with Yanovskaya, forms partnership with Popova]. rsport.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
External links[edit]
Media related to Yuri Vlasenko at Wikimedia Commons