Alla Beknazarova

Alla Beknazarova
Beknazarova and Zuev in 2007.
Full nameAlla Oleksandrivna Beknazarova
Born (1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 (age 39)
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUkraine
Began skating1989
Retired2010

Alla Oleksandrivna Beknazarova (Ukrainian: Алла Олександрівна Бекназарова, Russian: Алла Александровна Бекназарова; born 28 August 1984) is a Ukrainian 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:
  • Cossack dance
  • Babylon (soundtrack)
2008–2009
[2]
  • Chicago (soundtrack)
2007–2008
[3] 		Russian gypsy dance:
2006–2007
[4]
  • Tango:
  • Flamenco
2005–2006
[5]
  • Cha Cha:
  • Rhumba:
  • Samba:
  • 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

Season Original dance Free dance
2002–2003
[7]
2001–2002
[8]
2000–2001
[9]
  • Avatora
    by Era

Results

With Zuev

Results[10]
International
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Worlds 24th
Europeans 13th 14th 13th 11th
Finlandia 3rd
Karl Schäfer 13th
Nebelhorn 3rd
Ondrej Nepela 1st
Universiade 7th 3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 12th
JGP Poland 4th
National
Ukrainian Champ. 2nd J. 4th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Kocherzhenko

Results[9][8][7]
International
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
World Champ. 25th
European Champ. 23rd
GP Bofrost Cup on Ice 9th
GP Skate Canada 11th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
Winter Universiade 4th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 18th 4th
JGP Final 4th
JGP France 1st
JGP Ukraine 1st
National
Ukrainian Champ. 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

  1. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
  5. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006.
  6. ^ "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 August 2004.
  7. ^ a b "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.
  8. ^ a b "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  9. ^ a b "Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Juri KOCHERZHENKO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001.
  10. ^ "Competition Results: Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.

External links

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