Viacheslav Tkachenko
Viacheslav Volodymyrovych Tkachenko is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and former competitive pair skater. Competing with Svitlana Prystav for the Soviet Union, he became a three-time World [Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior] medalist in the early 1990s. Later in their career, the pair represented Ukraine. They appeared at three senior-level ISU Figure [Skating Championships|ISU Championships], placing 10th at the 1993 [European Figure Skating Championships|1993 European Championships] in Helsinki, 13th at the 1993 [World Figure Skating Championships|1993 World Championships] in Prague, and 14th at the 1994 European Championships in Copenhagen.
After retiring from competition, Tkachenko became a skating coach. He began working at the Meteor Sports Complex in Dnipro in 1998. His most notable student is Anna Khnychenkova, who qualified a spot for Ukraine at the 2018 [Winter Olympics].