Peter Tchernyshev
{{short description|Russian-American ice dancer}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Peter Tchernyshev
|image= Lang tchernyshev.jpg
|caption= Lang and Tchernyshev at an ice show in 2002
|country= United States and Russia
|altname= Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1971|2|6}}
|birth_place= Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
|residence=
|height= {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|partner= Naomi Lang
|formerpartner= Sophie Eliazova, Olga Pershankova, Maria Anikanova
|formercoach=Nikolai Morozov, Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Zhulin, Igor Shpilband, Elizabeth Coates
|skating club= American Academy FSC
|beganskating= 1977
|retired= 2004
|show-medals= yes
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport| Figure skating: Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCountry| the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Four Continents Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2003 Beijing|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Jeonju|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalSilver|2001 Salt Lake City|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold|2000 Osaka|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Halifax|Ice dancing}}
}}
Peter Tchernyshev ({{langx|ru|Пётр Андреевич Чернышёв}}; also romanized as Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev; born February 6, 1971) is a Russian-American ice dancer. With skating partner Naomi Lang, he is a two-time Four Continents champion (2000 and 2002), a five-time U.S. national champion (1999–2003), and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2002.
Career
=Early career=
Tchernyshev began skating at the age of six because his parents felt it would be good for his health. He also studied ballet from the age of eight. He was originally a singles skater but injured his landing ankle at the age of 18 and it did not heal fully. He spent the next three years touring with the Russian All Stars in England and Turkey before returning to competition as an ice dancer.
Tchernyshev skated with Maria Anikanova in the late 1980s. He later competed with Olga Pershankova for Russia and the Soviet Union but he and his partner had problems and split up. After a girl arrived in Russia looking for a partner, he decided to move to the United States.
Tchernyshev competed with Sophie Eliazova for three years until they split in the summer of 1996.
=Partnership with Naomi Lang=
Having noticed Naomi Lang at U.S. Nationals, Tchernyshev wrote her a letter in mid-1996 asking for a tryout. They had a successful tryout in Lake Placid, New York, and trained there for nine months with Natalia Dubova; then, due to Lang's homesickness, they moved to Detroit and began training with Igor Shpilband and Elizabeth Coates.
Lang/Tchernyshev first won the U.S. national title in 1999. The following season, they took gold at the 2000 Four Continents Championships and placed 8th at the 2000 World Championships. They also performed with Champions on Ice.
In 2000, Lang/Tchernyshev moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, to train with Alexander Zhulin, who coached them until the end of the 2001–02 season. They missed their 2001 Grand Prix events because Tchernyshev had shin splits. Returning to competition, they won their fourth national title at the 2002 U.S. Championships and then won their second Four Continents title. They placed eleventh at the 2002 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 2002 World Championships.
In 2002–03, Lang/Tchernyshev were coached by Nikolai Morozov. After missing their 2002 Grand Prix events due to an injury to Lang, the duo won their fifth national title at the 2003 U.S. Championships, took bronze at the 2003 Four Continents, and placed 8th at the 2003 World Championships.
Lang/Tchernyshev did not appear internationally in the 2003–04 season. They intended to compete at the 2004 U.S. Championships but withdrew after Lang re-injured her Achilles tendon. They announced their competitive retirement in February 2004. The duo continued to skate together professionally and appeared in several U.S. ice shows, including many of the Disson skating shows televised on NBC and the Hallmark Channel. They also toured extensively in Europe and Russia.
=Other work=
Tchernyshev has done choreography for competitive skaters. He choreographed for Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (2011-2016 short and free program),{{cite web|title=2013 Tchernyshev|url=http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2013tchernyshev|access-date=24 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=Isufs Bios |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009880.htm |access-date=24 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703131028/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009880.htm |title=Biography |website=www.isufs.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531095801/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |title=Biography |website=www.isuresults.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405094059/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=5 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |title=Biography |website=www.isuresults.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815232710/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |title=Biography |website=www.isuresults.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625135245/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=25 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |title=Biography |website=www.isuresults.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223529/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009880.htm |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports.ru/others/figure-skating/1030951448.html|title = Кавагути и Смирнов поставили короткую программу на песню Барбары Стрейзанд и Брайана Адамса| date=30 June 2015 }} Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (2010–2011 free dance), and Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (2014-2015 exhibition and 2015-2016 free dance).{{cite tweet|user=AlexShibutani|author=Alex Shibutani|number=493646471070105602|date=28 July 2014|title=Special shout-out to the amazing Peter Tchernyshev who choreographed our new exhibition program, "O" by @coldplay. #THEICE2014}}{{cite web|url=http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/10/28/155779440/shibutanis-remain-dedicated-to-exploring-new-styles|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630022413/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/10/28/155779440/shibutanis-remain-dedicated-to-exploring-new-styles|archive-date=2018-06-30|title=
Shibutanis remain dedicated to exploring new styles - Sibling ice dancers' 2015-16 programs highlight playful, emotional sides|author=Lynn Rutherford}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideskating.net/2015/05/11/news/ice-dancing-moves-during-off-season-1|title = Ice dancing moves during off-season (1)|date = 11 May 2015}}
He appeared in the 3–5 seasons of ice show contest Ice Age.
Personal life
Peter Tchernyshev's grandfather, Pyotr Chernyshev, was a four-time Soviet champion in singles skating in the late 1930s.
Tchernyshev became a U.S. citizen in January 2001. He lived in the United States for about 15 years and currently lives in Russia. He was formerly married to Natalia Annenko. In October 2008, Tchernyshev married Russian actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. The wedding took place in the Foros Church, Crimea, Ukraine. The couple remained married until Zavorotnyuk's death in May 2024; she was diagnosed with brain cancer in late 2018, shortly after giving birth to the couple's firstborn daughter, and went public with her diagnosis in May 2020.
Programs
(with Lang)
Results
= With Naomi Lang =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1996–97 ! 1997–98 ! 1998–99 ! 1999–00 ! 2000–01 ! 2001–02 ! 2002–03 ! 2003–04 | ||||||||
| align=left | Olympics | 11th | |||||||
| align=left | Worlds | 10th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8th | |||
| align=left | Four Continents | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||
| align=left | GP Cup of Russia | 5th | |||||||
| align=left | GP Lalique | 5th | |||||||
| align=left | GP Skate America | 6th | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 5th | ||||
| align=left | GP Skate Canada | 9th | |||||||
| align=left | Lysiane Lauret | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | National | ||||||||
| align=left | U.S. Champ. | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | WD |
| colspan=9 align=center | GP = Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew |
= Earlier partnerships =
(with Sophia Eliazova)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Event
! 1995–96 | |
|---|---|
| align=left | U.S. Championships | 13th |
(with Olga Pershankova)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Event
! 1992–93 | |
|---|---|
| align=left | Vienna Cup | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
References
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{{cite news |url= http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=23522 |title= Lang and Tchernyshev announce end of partnership |work= U.S. Figure Skating |date= February 17, 2004 |access-date= September 13, 2011 }}
{{cite news |url= http://www.kp.ru/daily/24113.3/337079/ |script-title=ru:Бывшая жена фигуриста Чернышева: "Заворотнюк очень повезло с Петром!" |language=ru |trans-title=Ex-wife of skater Chernyshev: "Zavorotnyuk is very lucky with Peter!" |first=Anna |last=Veligzhanina |work= Komsomolskaya Pravda |date= June 12, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090312012703/http://www.kp.ru/daily/24113.3/337079/ |archive-date= March 12, 2009 |url-status= live }}
{{cite news |url= http://www.kp.ru/daily/24182.3/390618/ |script-title=ru:Почему Анастасия Заворотнюк венчалась на Украине? |language=ru |trans-title=Why Anastasia Zavorotnyuk got married in Ukraine |first=Anna |last= Veligzhanina |work= Komsomolskaya Pravda |date= October 16, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081018044837/http://kp.ru/daily/24182.3/390618/ |archive-date= October 18, 2008 |url-status= live }}
{{cite web |url= http://www.woman.ru/stars/press/article/53781/ |script-title=ru:Анастасия Заворотнюк и Петр Чернышев счастливы вместе |language=ru |trans-title=Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Petr Chernyshev happy together |work= Hello! (Russian edition) |publisher=woman.ru |date=October 21, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719060212/http://www.woman.ru/stars/press/article/53781/ |archive-date= July 19, 2011 |url-status= live }}
{{cite news |url= http://spb.mk.ru/interview/2013/01/09/795770-led-holoden-no-serdtsa-goryachi.html |script-title=ru:"Лед холоден, но сердца горячи" |language= ru |trans-title=Cool ice, warm hearts |first= Ekaterina |last= Kuznetsova |work= Moskovskij Komsomolets |date= January 9, 2013 }}
{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101108&content_id=16027408&vkey=ice_news |title= Lang, Tchernyshev enjoy overseas opportunities |first= Lynn |last= Rutherford |work= IceNetwork |date= November 8, 2010 }}
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External links
{{commons category|Peter Tchernyshev}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070405095615/http://naomiandpeter.ice-dance.com/ Official site]
- {{isu name | id=00002356 | name=Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060826050945/http://www.caretoicedance.com/lantch.html Care to Ice Dance? - Lang & Tchernyshev]
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