Alexei BYCHENKO
IsraelEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Figure Skating |
Men Single Skating | 26 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 8 | Team | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 11 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 21 | Men Single Skating | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Milan, ITA |
| 10 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| 13 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Boston, MA, USA |
| 15 | Men Single Skating | 2014 | Saitama, JPN |
| 17 | Men Single Skating | 2015 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 22 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Saitama, JPN |
| 24 | Men Single Skating | 2021 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 29 | Men Single Skating | 2012 | Nice, FRA |
| 31 | Men Single Skating | 2013 | London, ON, CAN |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Bratislava, SVK |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2015 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Moscow, RUS |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Ostrava, CZE |
| 9 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Minsk, BLR |
| 10 | Men Single Skating | 2014 | Budapest, HUN |
| 12 | Men Single Skating | 2020 | Graz, AUT |
| 14 | Men Single Skating | 2013 | Zagreb, CRO |
| 22 | Men Single Skating | 2012 | Sheffield, GBR |
| Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 6 | Men Single Skating | 2020/21 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| 7 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| 9 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Helsinki, FIN |
| 9 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Everett, WA, USA |
| 11 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Sapporo, JPN |
Short Program: Secret Hopes by Karl Hugo; Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
Free Skating: Violin Fantasy on Puccini's "Turandot" by Vanessa Mae; Turandot, Act 3: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Partying, music, sports, travelling (isuresults.com)
Athlete
National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kiev, UKR), and to start coaching following his career. (Facebook)
Wife, Alona (married 2021).
Russian, English
Israel ISF
Galit Chait Moracci (ISR)
Wife Alona Bychenko (Figure skating): Former ice dancer from Ukraine, but did not compete at a high level. (figureskating-online.com, 1 Oct 2019)
2005 Skate Israel (Single skating - 6th), for Ukraine
2011 Golden Spin (Single skating - 8th), for Israel
Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA)
2010
1993 in Kiev, at age five.
His mother and grandfather put him into figure skating. “It was not easy, but they kept taking me to skating, and so I just couldn’t let this chance go, as a lot of effort was put into my skating.” (goldenskate.com, 12 Mar 2016)
To compete in his third Olympic Winter Games, and become the oldest man to compete at an Olympic Winter Games in 2022, and to have an “amazing, beautiful skate.” (figureskating-online.com, 1 Oct 2019; IFS Magazine, 25 Oct 2020)
Has relocated to Hackensack, New Jersey, USA for training.
Winning the first medal (silver) for Israel at the 2016 European Championships. "Obviously I wanted to win a title earlier, to make the podium at Europeans and Worlds. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen for me, but I think it is better late than never." (goldenskate.com, 12 Mar 2016)
His performances at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "I think this is my favorite and most memorable achievement. I skated and performed there like never before. It was the coolest competition of my career." (Athlete, 26 Jun 2021)
There are skaters from the past, and young skaters, that he likes, but he does not idolise anyone. (Athlete, 26 Jun 2021)
Grandfather Alexander. "Thanks to him I went to training and was able to go to practice because my mother worked all day. He took the role of my father and taught me a lot.”
Former coach Galina Kukhar, because she helped him to skate for Israel. Israel Federation president Boris Chait, because he believed in him.
Coach Galit Chait Moracci. “Thanks to these people I am who I am today.” (Athlete, 26 Jun 2021)
"You need to do everything with pleasure."
"You have to first of all fight with yourself, not with someone else." (Athlete, 26 Jun 2021)
Israel's Opening Ceremony flagbearer at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (olympedia.org)
