Peter Tchernyshev

Peter Tchernyshev
Lang and Tchernyshev at an ice show in 2002
Personal information
Alternative names	Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev
Country represented	United States and Russia
Born	(1971-02-06) February 6, 1971 (age 46) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Partner	Naomi Lang
Former partner	Sophie Eliazova, Olga Pershankova, Maria Anikanova
Former coach	Nikolai Morozov, Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Zhulin, Igor Shpilband, Elizabeth Coates
Skating club	American Academy FSC
Began skating	1977
Retired	2004
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing the  United States Four Continents Championships 2003 Beijing Ice dancing 2002 Jeonju Ice dancing 2001 Salt Lake City Ice dancing 2000 Osaka Ice dancing 1999 Halifax Ice dancing

Peter Tchernyshev (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Чернышёв; also romanized as Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev; born February 6, 1971) is a Russian-American ice dancer. With skating partner Naomi Lang, he is a two-time (2000 and 2002) Four Continents champion, a five-time (1999–2003) U.S. national champion, and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2002.

Tchernyshev began skating at the age of six because his parents felt it would be good for his health. He also studied ballet from the age of eight. He was originally a singles skater but injured his landing ankle at the age of 18 and it did not heal fully. He spent the next three years touring with the Russian All Stars in England and Turkey before returning to competition as an ice dancer.

Tchernyshev skated with Maria Anikanova in the late 1980s. He later competed with Olga Pershankova for Russia and the Soviet Union but he and his partner had problems and split up. After a girl arrived in Russia looking for a partner, he decided to move to the United States.

Tchernyshev competed with Sophie Eliazova for three years until they split in the summer of 1996.

Having noticed Naomi Lang at U.S. Nationals, Tchernyshev wrote her a letter in mid-1996 asking for a tryout. They had a successful tryout in Lake Placid, New York and trained there for nine months with Natalia Dubova; then, due to Lang's homesickness, they moved to Detroit and began training with Igor Shpilband and Elizabeth Coates.

Lang/Tchernyshev first won the U.S. national title in 1999. The following season, they took gold at the 2000 Four Continents Championships and placed 8th at the 2000 World Championships. They also performed with Champions on Ice.