Oleksii Bychenko
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Bychenko at the 2012 World Championships
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| Native name | אולקסי ביצ'נקו | ||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Alexei Bychenko | ||||||||||||
| Country represented | Israel | ||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | Ukraine (until 2009) | ||||||||||||
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5 February 1988 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Galit Chait Moracci, Roman Serov, Nikolai Morozov | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Craig Maurizi, Vakhtang Murvanidze, Halyna Kukhar, Elena Amosova, Dmytro Dmytrenko | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Galit Chait Moracci | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Maria Tumanovska, Dmytro Dmytrenko | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kohavim al ha Kerah | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Hackensack, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Kiev | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1993 | ||||||||||||
| World standing | 9 (As of 17 December 2016[update]) | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 255.52 2016 Rostelecom Cup |
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| Short program | 86.81 2016 Rostelecom Cup |
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| Free skate | 168.71 2016 Rostelecom Cup |
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Medal record
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Oleksii (Alexei) Bychenko (Hebrew: אולקסי ביצ'נקו; Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Биченко; born 5 February 1988) is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2016 European silver medalist and 2016 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist. He is the first Israeli skater to medal at the European Championships. He represented Ukraine through 2009.
Representing Ukraine, Bychenko debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2003–04 season. His senior international debut took place in late September 2005 at Skate Israel but he continued appearing occasionally on the junior level. He achieved his best JGP result, 8th, in October 2006 in Taipei, at his final junior event.
Bychenko became a two-time (2007, 2008) Ukrainian national silver medalist on the senior level. His final international appearance for Ukraine came in late November 2009, at the Crystal Skate of Romania.
Bychenko first appeared internationally for Israel at the Golden Spin of Zagreb in December 2011. He qualified for the final segment at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield and went on to finish 22nd overall. At the 2012 World Championships in Nice, he was eliminated after the short program.
At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Bychenko qualified a spot for Israel in the men's event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished 21st in Sochi, Russia.
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