Dmitri or Dmytro Valentynovych Shkidchenko ( or Шкидченко; died 26 January 2023) was a Ukrainian

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coach and

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who competed internationally for the

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. With his skating partner Irina Mironenko, he was the 1985 and 1986 World Junior silver medalist.

Personal life

Shkidchenko was married to Anastasia Makarova, the general secretary of the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. He died on 26 January 2023.

Career

Shkidchenko competed in partnership with Irina Mironenko for the

. In November 1984, the pair won gold at the 1984 Blue Swords in East Germany. A month later, in December 1984, the pair won silver at the 1985 World Junior Championships in

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, where they finished second to

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. In December 1985, Mironenko/Shkidchenko were awarded silver at the 1986 World Junior Championships in

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. They were second to Elena Leonova / Gennadi Krasnitski. After retiring from competition, Shkidchenko coached the following skaters: *

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* Alina Dikhtiar / Filip Zalevski * Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh * Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk * Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk * Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk *

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* Fedir Kulish

Results

(with Mironenko)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shkidchenko, Dmitri 20th-century births 2023 deaths Soviet male pair skaters Ukrainian figure skating coaches Ukrainian male pair skaters World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Year of birth missing 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen