Ukrainian ice dancer
Alla Beknazarova Beknazarova and Zuev in 2007.
Native name Алла Бекназарова Born (1984-08-28 ) 28 August 1984 (age 40) Odesa , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union (now Ukraine )Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+ 1 ⁄2 in) Country Ukraine Began skating 1989 Retired 2010
Alla Oleksandrivna Beknazarova [ a] (born August 28, 1984) is a former competitive ice dancer . She is a three-time Ukrainian national champion — in 2001 with Yuriy Kocherzhenko and in 2007 and 2008 with Vladimir Zuev . Her best ISU Championship result, fourth, came at the 2001 World Junior Championships , competing with Kocherzhenko.
Career
Beknazarova teamed up with Yuriy Kocherzhenko in late 1999 or early 2000. They were sent to the 2000 World Junior Championships , held in March in Oberstdorf , and finished 18th. In the 2000–01 season, Beknazarova/Kocherzhenko won gold at two JGP events and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final , where they placed fourth. They also finished fourth at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia . They won one senior international medal, bronze at the 2001 Karl Schäfer Memorial , and competed at two senior Grand Prix events and two senior ISU Championships. Their partnership ended in 2003.
Later in 2003, Beknazarova began skating with Vladimir Zuev . They won a gold medal at the 2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and four international bronze medals — at the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy , 2009 Winter Universiade , and 2009 Finlandia Trophy . They competed at one World Junior Championships, one senior World Championships, and four European Championships. Their best result, 11th, came at the 2010 European Championships .
Beknazarova also skated with Sergei Verbillo .
Programs
With Zuev
Season
Original dance
Free dance
2009–2010 [ 1]
Ukrainian folk:
2008–2009 [ 2]
2007–2008 [ 3]
Russian gypsy dance:
2006–2007 [ 4]
2005–2006 [ 5]
Argentine Tango by Gotan Project
2003–2004 [ 6]
Blues: Lover Lines
Boogie Woogie: Drink, Drank, Drunk
All That Jazz (from Chicago) by Ebb and Kander
With Kocherzhenko
Results
With Zuev
With Kocherzhenko
Notes
References
External links
Media related to Alla Beknazarova at Wikimedia Commons