Yakov Godorozha

Yakov Godorozha
Personal information
Alternative names	Ukrainian: Yakiv Semenovych Hodorozha
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	18 May 1993 Odessa, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Former coach	Marina Amirkhanova, Georgi Starkov, Anna Solovieva
Former choreographer	Irina Chubarets
Skating club	Spartak Odessa
Training locations	Kiev
Began skating	1998
Retired	August 2014
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	188.26 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program	63.68 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate	124.58 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy

Yakov Godorozha (Ukrainian: Яків Семенович Годорожа: Yakiv Semenovych Hodorozha; born 18 May 1993) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2013, 2014).^[1] He began learning to skate under the guidance of Georgi Starkov at the Ldinka rink in Odessa, and later trained in Dnipropetrovsk and Kiev, where he was coached by Marina Amirkhanova.^[2] At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Godorozha earned a spot for Ukraine in the men's event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[3] He finished 20th in Sochi.^[4] He retired from competition in August 2014.^[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014 [6]	Tosca (new arrangement) by Giacomo Puccini	Westside Story by Leonard Bernstein
2011–2013 [7][8]	Factor by Angelo Badalmento	Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
2009–2011 [9][10]	Circus Princess by Emmerich Kalman	Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
2008–2009 [11]	Popodyak (Gypsy theme)	The Pirates of the Caribbean

Competitive highlights

International[1]
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Olympics							20th
Worlds						23rd	25th
Europeans						15th	22nd
Cup of Nice						20th
Golden Spin					14th
Ice Star						1st
Nebelhorn						19th	9th
Volvo Cup							14th
International: Junior or novice[1]
Junior Worlds					25th
JGP Belarus		15th
JGP Estonia					8th
JGP Germany			14th
JGP Italy		20th
JGP Romania				12th	8th
Tirnavia Ice Cup			2nd J.	2nd J.
Grand Prize SNP	1st N.
National[1]
Ukrainian Champ.	6th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	1st	1st
Team events
Olympics							9th
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result

References

1. "Competition Results: Yakov GODOROZHA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014.
2. Mamienko, Olesya (5 January 2014). Одесский конькобежец защитит честь страны на зимней Олимпиаде [Figure skater from Odessa will represent country at Winter Olympics]. Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (in Russian).
3. "Nebelhorn Trophy – Olympic Qualifying Event – Review". International Skating Union. 28 September 2013.
4. "Yakov GODOROZHA". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014.
5. Яков Годорожа: Понял, что пришло время дать дорогу молодым. [Yakov Godorozha: I realized that it's time to step aside for youth] (in Russian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 17 August 2014.
6. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
7. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
8. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
9. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
10. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009.
11. "Yakov GODOROZHA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009.

External links

Media related to Yakov Godorozha at Wikimedia Commons

• Yakov Godorozha at the International Skating Union
• Yakov Godorozha at sport-folio.net