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Yuri Vlasenko

Yuri Vlasenko
2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Betina Popova Yuri Vlasenko IMG 2804.JPG
Popova/Vlasenko in December 2014
Personal information
Full name Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko
Country represented Russia
Born (1994-11-20) 20 November 1994 (age 22)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Former partner Betina Popova
Coach Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Choreographer Mikhail Kolegov
Skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Moscow
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 150.94
2015 JGP Spain
Short dance 61.85
2015–16 JGP Final
Free dance 90.54
2015 JGP Spain

Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Власенко, born 20 November 1994) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.

Yuri Vladimirovich Vlasenko was born on 20 November 1994 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Vlasenko and Betina Popova began competing together in 2009. The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow.

Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the 2011 NRW Trophy. They placed 7th at the Russian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.

Popova/Vlasenko made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2013–14 season. They won the silver medal in Minsk, Belarus and then gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Popova/Vlasenko's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked second in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they finished second to Canada's Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen by a margin of 6.75 points. Popova/Vlasenko were awarded gold in Dresden, Germany after placing first in both segments and outscoring Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter of the United States by 7.96 points. At the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, they won the bronze medal behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd. The two finished 11th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.


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