 Palamarchuk as a coach at the2011 World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Дмитро Паламарчук | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-12-17)December 17, 1979 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Dynamo Kiev | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dmytro Palamarchuk[a] (born December 17, 1979)[1] is aUkrainianfigure skating coach and retiredpair skater. With former partnerJulia Obertas, he is a two-timeWorld Junior champion (1998, 1999) and two-timeJunior Grand Prix Final champion.
Dmytro began his career as a singles skater for Ukraine, he later switched to pairs. In December 1997, Obertas/Palamarchuk won gold at the1998 World Junior Championships inSaint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] They had ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate. In March 1998, they received the gold medal at the1997–98 ISU Junior Series Final inLausanne, Switzerland.
Obertas/Palamarchuk ranked first in both segments on their way to gold at the1999 World Junior Championships, held in November 1998 inZagreb, Croatia. In March 1999, they won the1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final inDetroit,Michigan, United States.
At the2000 World Championships, Obertas/Palamarchuk were 10th after the short program but during the free skate Palamarchuk caught an edge (right skate) while executing an overhead lift with Obertas – she was uninjured in the resulting fall but he hit his head on the ice.[3] No medical attention was immediately offered at the event inNice, France. Palamarchuk lay on the ice for several minutes before getting up and leaving the ice on his own but then lost consciousness and was taken to hospital – no damage was found but he was kept overnight for observation.[3] Their partnership dissolved after that.
Palamarchuk competed three seasons withTatiana Chuvaeva. They represented Ukraine at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City, Utah, finishing 16th.[4]
Palamarchuk skated with Alexandra Tetenko in the 2005–06 season before retiring from competition. He works as a skating coach in Plano, Texas. He is a World, US and International coach. Palamarchuk is also a former ISU Technical Specialist for Ukraine.
(with Chuvaeva)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2002–2003 [5] |
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| 2000–2002 [6][7] |
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GP:Grand Prix; JGP:Junior Series / Junior Grand Prix
| National[8] | |
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| Event | 2005–2006 |
| Ukrainian Championships | 3rd |
| International[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
| Winter Olympics | 16th | ||
| World Champ. | 16th | ||
| European Champ. | 6th | 10th | |
| GPSkate America | 8th | ||
| GPSkate Canada | 9th | ||
| GPSparkassen Cup | 6th | ||
| GPTrophée Lalique | 9th | ||
| Finlandia Trophy | 1st | ||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 5th | ||
| International: Junior[9] | |||
| World Junior Champ. | 12th | ||
| National[9] | |||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| International[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 99–2000 |
| World Champ. | 11th | WD | ||
| European Champ. | 7th | 6th | 6th | |
| GPSkate Canada | 5th | |||
| GPTrophée Lalique | 7th | |||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | |||
| Skate Israel | 1st | |||
| International: Junior[10] | ||||
| World Junior Champ. | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |
| JGPFinal | 1st | 1st | ||
| JGPFrance | 1st | |||
| JGPGermany | 2nd | |||
| JGPUkraine | 1st | 1st | ||
| National[10] | ||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
| Ukrainian Jr. Champ. | 4th | |||
