Alexei Bychenko | |||||||||||||||
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Other names | Oleksii[1][2]/Alexey[3] Bychenko | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 5 February 1988||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Israel | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Galit Chait Moracci, Roman Serov, Nikolai Morozov | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Kohavim al ha Kerah | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Alexei Bychenko (Hebrew: אלכסיי ביצ'נקו; Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Биченко; born 5 February 1988) is a retired Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater. He represented Ukraine through 2009 and Israel after that. He is the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships silver medalist and 2016 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist. He is the first Israeli skater to medal at the European Championships. He placed fourth at 2018 Worlds. Bychenko competed for Israel at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics.