Alla Beknazarova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrivna and the family name is Beknazarova.

Alla Beknazarova
Beknazarova and Zuev in 2007.
Native name	Алла Бекназарова
Born	(1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Began skating	1989
Retired	2010
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing Ukraine Winter Universiade 2009 Harbin Ice dancing

Alla Oleksandrivna Beknazarova (born August 28, 1984) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is a three-time Ukrainian national champion — in 2001 with Yuriy Kocherzhenko and in 2007 and 2008 with Vladimir Zuev. Her best ISU Championship result, fourth, came at the 2001 World Junior Championships, competing with Kocherzhenko.

Career

Beknazarova teamed up with Yuriy Kocherzhenko in late 1999 or early 2000. They were sent to the 2000 World Junior Championships, held in March in Oberstdorf, and finished 18th. In the 2000–01 season, Beknazarova/Kocherzhenko won gold at two JGP events and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. They also finished fourth at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia. They won one senior international medal, bronze at the 2001 Karl Schäfer Memorial, and competed at two senior Grand Prix events and two senior ISU Championships. Their partnership ended in 2003.

Later in 2003, Beknazarova began skating with Vladimir Zuev. They won a gold medal at the 2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and four international bronze medals — at the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2009 Winter Universiade, and 2009 Finlandia Trophy. They competed at one World Junior Championships, one senior World Championships, and four European Championships. Their best result, 11th, came at the 2010 European Championships.

Beknazarova also skated with Sergei Verbillo.

Programs

With Zuev

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2009–2010	Ukrainian folk: Cossack dance	Babylon (soundtrack)
2008–2009	Chicago (soundtrack)	Cirque du Soleil
2007–2008	Russian gypsy dance: Cruel Romance (Russian: Жестокий романс)	Fantasy on "Winter" from Four Seasons by Gary Moore Music by Vanessa-Mae
2006–2007	Tango:	Flamenco
2005–2006	Cha Cha: Rhumba: Samba:	Argentine Tango by Gotan Project
2003–2004	Blues: Lover Lines Boogie Woogie: Drink, Drank, Drunk	All That Jazz (from Chicago) by Ebb and Kander

With Kocherzhenko

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2002–2003	Waltz: Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian March: Love of Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev Waltz: Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian	Nuclear Train (from Edge of Darkness) by Michael Kamen
2001–2002	Tango: Hora Cero by Ástor Piazzolla Flamenco: Bolero by Maurice Ravel	Kismet by Bond
2000–2001	Charleston: Black Bottom by R. Henderson Foxtrot: Petite Fleur by Sidney Bechet Quickstep: When you Smile by V. Scalter	Avatora by Era

Results

With Zuev

Results
International
Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Worlds			24th
Europeans				13th	14th	13th	11th
Finlandia							3rd
Karl Schäfer			13th
Nebelhorn					3rd
Ondrej Nepela			1st
Universiade		7th				3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	12th
JGP Poland	4th
National
Ukrainian Champ.	2nd J.		4th	1st	1st	2nd	2nd

With Kocherzhenko

Results
International
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
World Champ.			25th
European Champ.		23rd
GP Bofrost Cup on Ice				9th
GP Skate Canada			11th
Karl Schäfer Memorial			3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy			5th
Winter Universiade				4th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ.	18th	4th
JGP Final		4th
JGP France		1st
JGP Ukraine		1st
National
Ukrainian Champ.	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd

External links

Media related to Alla Beknazarova at Wikimedia Commons

• Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev at the International Skating Union
• Alla Beknazarova / Juri Kocherzhenko at the International Skating Union