Tetyana Kurkudym

Tetyana Kurkudym
Native name	Тетяна Куркудим
Born	(1980-05-20) 20 May 1980 (age 44) Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Retired	2000

Tetyana Kurkudym^[a][1][2][3] (born May 20, 1980) is a former competitive ice dancer. She and partner Yuriy Kocherzhenko began competing together internationally in 1995. In the 1998–99 season, they medaled at their ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments, taking gold in France and bronze in Germany,^[4][5] and placed fifth at the 1999 World Junior Championships, held in Zagreb in November 1998. In the second half of the season, they competed on the senior level at the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki. They were coached by Yulia Moskalska and then Alexander Tumanovsky.^[2]

Programs

(with Kocherzhenko)

Season	Original dance	Free dance
1998–1999 [2]		Russian folk Bublitchky by the Paul Mauriat Orchestra

Competitive highlights

(with Kocherzhenko)

International[2]
Event	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	99–2000
World Champ.				26th
Nebelhorn Trophy					10th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ.		19th		5th
JGP France				1st
JGP Germany			9th	3rd
JGP Ukraine			6th
Blue Swords		9th J.
St. Gervais		10th J.
Ukrainian Souvenir	9th J.
National
Ukrainian Champ.				3rd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Тетяна Куркудим, romanized: Tetiana Kurkudym

References

1. "Tetyana Kurkudym". Norbert Schramm Eisshow. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.
2. "KURKUDYM Tatiana / KOCHERZHENKO Juri". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.
3. Коротко / СПОРТ [Sports in brief] (in Ukrainian). day.kiev.ua. 3 September 1998.
4. "1998 JGP St. Gervais". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-10-26.
5. "1998 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.