Yuri Vlasenko

Yuri Vlasenko

Popova/Vlasenko in December 2014
Personal information
Full name Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko
Country represented Russia
Born (1994-11-20) 20 November 1994
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Former partner Betina Popova
Coach Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Choreographer Mikhail Kolegov
Skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Moscow
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 150.94
2015 JGP Spain
Short dance 61.85
2015–16 JGP Final
Free dance 90.54
2015 JGP Spain
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

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

Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko was born on 20 November 1994 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[2]

Career

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

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

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

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

(with Popova)

Season Short dance Free dance
2015–16
[5]
2014–15
[6]
  • Cha Cha Danzon
  • Brazilian Samba
2013–14
[7]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Popova

International[1]
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

References

  1. 1 2 "Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Власенко Юрий Владимирович [Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Власенко Юрий Владимирович" [Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.

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