Evgenia Filonenko ( uk, Євгенія Філоненко, born 12 August 1982) is a Ukrainian former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. She competed with Igor Marchenko and Aleksandr Chestnikh. With Marchenko, she placed 11th at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ...

. They won two medals at the

World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for ...

, a silver in 1996 and a bronze in 1995. They are the 1998 Ukrainian national champions. After her partnership with Marchenko dissolved, Filonenko paired up with Aleksandr Chestnikh to skate for

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. They competed at the 2000

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

and

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...

, placing 16th both times. She is the first cousin of

Julia Obertas Julia Nikolayevna Obertas, married name: Horak (russian: Юлия Николаевна Обертас, uk, Юлія Обертас; born 19 June 1984) is a former pair skater who represented Ukraine until 2000 and then Russia until the end of he ...

.Evgenia Filonenko and Aleksandr Chestnikh Profile
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Results

(with Marchenko)

References

External links

Pairs on Ice: Evgeni Filonenko / Igor Marchenko

Pairs on Ice: Evgenia Filonenko / Aleksandr Chestnikh
Ukrainian female pair skaters Female pair skaters from Georgia (country) Olympic figure skaters of Ukraine Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics 1982 births Living people World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Dnipro {{Ukraine-figure-skating-bio-stub