Peter Tchernyshev

Peter Tchernyshev
File:Lang tchernyshev.jpg Lang and Tchernyshev at an ice show in 2002
Personal information
Alternative names	Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev
Country represented	United States and Russia
Born	(1971-02-06) February 6, 1971 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Partner	Naomi Lang
Former partner	Sophie Eliazova Olga Pershankova
Former coach	Nikolai Morozov, Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Zhulin, Igor Shpilband, Elizabeth Coates
Skating club	American Academy FSC
Began skating	1977
Retired	2004
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing the United States Four Continents Championships 2003 Beijing Ice dancing 2002 Jeonju Ice dancing 2001 Salt Lake City Ice dancing 2000 Osaka Ice dancing 1999 Halifax Ice dancing

Peter Tchernyshev (Russian: 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 (2000 and 2002) Four Continents champion, a five-time (1999–2003) U.S. national champion, 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, and then decided to return to competition in ice dancing. He skated with Olga Pershankova for Russia and the Soviet Union for a few years 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.

He competed with Sophie Eliazova for three years until they split in summer 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) and Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (2010–2011 free dance).

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 ceremony took place in the Foros Church, Crimea, Ukraine.

Programs

(with Lang)

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2002–2003	Waltz by Dmitri Shostakovich Polka by Bedřich Smetana	Still Loving You by Scorpions
2001–2002	Carmen by Georges Bizet: March of the Toreadors Habanera March of the Toreadors	Parisian Walkways by Gary Moore	Fallin' by Alicia Keys
2000–2001	Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra One Minute Tramp by C. Basie	Air on a G String by Johann Sebastian Bach Storm (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Vanessa-Mae	Parisian Walkways Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore
1999–2000	Oye Como Va by Carlos Santana	Anytime, Anywhere by Sarah Brightman	All I Ask of You by Andrew Lloyd Webber
1998–1999	Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian Waltz of the Flowers by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Adiós Nonino by Ástor Piazzolla	Falling into You by Celine Dion
1997–1998	Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard	Sobre El Arco Iris by Perez Prado Ran Kan Kan by Tito Puente Sempre Nel Mio Cuor by Perez Prado Mambo Caliente by Arturo Sandoval	Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard

Results

With Naomi Lang

International
Event	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Olympics						11th
Worlds			10th	8th	9th	9th	8th
Four Continents			3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd
GP Cup of Russia			5th
GP Lalique				5th
GP Skate America		6th	5th	3rd	5th
GP Skate Canada		9th
Lysiane Lauret		2nd
National
U.S. Champ.	5th	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	WD
GP = Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew

Earlier partnerships

(with Sophia Eliazova)

Event	1995–96
U.S. Championships	13th

(with Olga Pershankova)

Event	1992–93
Vienna Cup	2nd

External links

• Official site
• Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev at the International Skating Union
• Care to Ice Dance? - Lang & Tchernyshev